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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author usually speak to her mother?
(a) In the mornings.
(b) On the weekends.
(c) In the afternoons.
(d) At night.

2. What saved the Mormon pioneers when their wheat fields were being destroyed?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Gulls.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Rain.

3. Where did the author go after her mother's surgery?
(a) Her grandmother's house.
(b) A cemetary.
(c) The bird refuge.
(d) The Great Salt Lake.

4. What did the author say she gauged her life by?
(a) Culture.
(b) Children.
(c) Seasons.
(d) Birds.

5. Who did Diane know with a brain tumor?
(a) A brother.
(b) An aunt.
(c) A cousin.
(d) A friend.

6. What did Diane spot at Bear River that was rare?
(a) Flamingos.
(b) Bald eagles.
(c) Pacific gulls.
(d) Snow buntings.

7. What did Brigham Young call the Great Basin?
(a) The Promised Land.
(b) The Zion.
(c) The Holy Land.
(d) The New Jerusalem.

8. Why was the author surprised when her mother agreed to use chemotherapy?
(a) She had talked her sister out of it.
(b) She was afraid of it.
(c) She didn't believe in it before.
(d) She had been refusing it.

9. Who was the outlaw referred to in Chapter 8?
(a) Butch Cassidy.
(b) Robert Redford.
(c) The lake.
(d) Terry Williams.

10. How deep is the Great Salt Lake?
(a) 13 feet.
(b) 33 feet.
(c) 23 feet.
(d) 43 feet.

11. What kind of gulls were used as a chapter title?
(a) Albatross Gulls.
(b) California Gulls.
(c) Sea Gulls.
(d) Pacific Gulls.

12. Why does the author describe the Great Salt Lake in the way she does?
(a) It has no outlet to the ocean.
(b) It is pure.
(c) It is shrinking.
(d) No animals can live around it.

13. What was the third option for when the lake exceeded the limits?
(a) Pump the water.
(b) Diking the water.
(c) Breach the causeway.
(d) Store the water.

14. What did the author compare the Great Salt Lake to?
(a) A dinner plate.
(b) A tea kettle.
(c) A pot.
(d) A cup.

15. What was the name of Terry's mother's doctor?
(a) Dr. McKay.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Taylor.
(d) Dr. Young.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Terry compare Antelope Island?

2. How many options were available when the lake exceeded the limits?

3. Where did Diane go swimming while she was still sick?

4. In 1985, half a million ____________________ were purchased.

5. Why did the author go somewhere after her mother's surgery?

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