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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What chance of survival did Diane have during radiation?
(a) 25%
(b) 50%
(c) 30%
(d) 40%

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

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

5. What did the author learn from her mother while she was sick?
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Faith.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Resistance.

6. What did Terry say should be used to catch the outlaw in Chapter 8?
(a) A lasso.
(b) A noose.
(c) A gun.
(d) A taser.

7. Where did Diane live mostly while in chemotherapy treatments?
(a) The next world.
(b) The past.
(c) The future.
(d) The present.

8. What climate did the author learn about while in the Audubon Society?
(a) Marshes.
(b) Deserts.
(c) Prairies.
(d) Flat lands.

9. Where did the author's mother have a tumor?
(a) Her arm.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her abdomen.
(d) Her head.

10. How does the author describe the Great Salt Lake?
(a) Terminal.
(b) Thriving.
(c) Selfish.
(d) Dying.

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

12. How big was the author's mother's tumor?
(a) The size of a grapefruit.
(b) The size of a cherry.
(c) The size of an apple.
(d) The size of a kiwi.

13. How long did it take the author to get from her house to the airport?
(a) 45 minutes.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

14. How does the author's brother get out of church one day?
(a) He has to help with a flood.
(b) He is called to work.
(c) His mother gets very ill.
(d) His sister asks for his help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author test about the Great Salt Lake?

2. What saved the Mormon pioneers when their wheat fields were being destroyed?

3. How did the author describe her mother's chemotherapy treatments?

4. What did the author say she gauged her life by?

5. Why was the author surprised when her mother agreed to use chemotherapy?

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