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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Diane Dixon Tempest in 1971?
(a) She got cancer.
(b) She got an STD.
(c) She had a disabled child.
(d) She was mobbed.

2. Who originally had the idea to pump the lake's water?
(a) Joseph Smith.
(b) John Taylor.
(c) Wilford Woodfruff.
(d) Brigham Young.

3. What killed the wheat fields of the early Mormon pioneers?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Drought.
(c) Hail.
(d) Indians.

4. What was included in the Pink Flamingos chapter?
(a) Maps.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Graphs.
(d) Letters.

5. What were all the chapters in this first section named after?
(a) Relatives.
(b) Places in the US.
(c) Animals.
(d) Birds.

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

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

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

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

10. How did the author describe her mother's chemotherapy treatments?
(a) Horrible.
(b) Strange.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Hopeful.

11. How did Diane communicate with the person she knew with a brain tumor?
(a) E-mails.
(b) Letters.
(c) Phone calls.
(d) Monthly visits.

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

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

14. Who loved birds more than Terry did?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

15. What information did the author give at the beginning of each chapter?
(a) Her age.
(b) The year.
(c) The location of her family.
(d) The lake levels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "God Sees the Truth but Waits"?

2. Where does the phalarope get food?

3. How many species of birds use the refuge?

4. Where did the author's mother have a tumor?

5. Which of these is a title Terry used for the Great Salt Lake?

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