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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the author think her mother couldn't get sick?
(a) She was too young.
(b) She was too strong.
(c) She was too beautiful.
(d) She was too good.

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

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

5. What enraged Diane when she was ill?
(a) That she was in so much pain.
(b) That her family could not accept her illness.
(c) That her doctor lied to her.
(d) That she was dying.

6. Where does the phalarope get food?
(a) The bottom of the water.
(b) Trees.
(c) Dead carcasses.
(d) The shore.

7. What separates the Bear River from the Snake River?
(a) A man made dike.
(b) A volcanic dam.
(c) A sandy plateau.
(d) A mountain range.

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

9. Where did Diane go swimming while she was still sick?
(a) The Great Salt Lake.
(b) Bear Lake.
(c) Lake Powell.
(d) Utah Lake.

10. To whom did Terry compare Antelope Island?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her mother.

11. What did the author's family do for vacations when she was a child?
(a) Went camping.
(b) Visited relatives.
(c) Took road trips.
(d) Flew to exotic locations.

12. What was Terry looking for after hearing her mother needed radiation?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Solace.

13. Why did the author go somewhere after her mother's surgery?
(a) To collect her thoughts.
(b) To pray.
(c) To pay her respects.
(d) To give her mother privacy.

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

15. What causes the Great Salt Lake levels to lower?
(a) Drought.
(b) All of these.
(c) Strong inlets.
(d) Evaporation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Terry say should be used to catch the outlaw in Chapter 8?

2. How does the author's brother get out of church one day?

3. How does the author describe the Great Salt Lake?

4. How long did Terry's mother's doctor want to put her on radiation?

5. What did Terry want to communicate with in the Pink Flamingos chapter?

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