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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 sandy plateau.
(b) A volcanic dam.
(c) A man made dike.
(d) A mountain range.

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

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

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

5. In 1985, half a million ____________________ were purchased.
(a) Duck decoys.
(b) Plastic flamingos.
(c) Travel vouchers.
(d) Salt Lake crystals.

6. What was Diane always at one with according to her daughter?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Religion.
(c) Pain.
(d) Nature.

7. What caused the author's mother to use chemotherapy?
(a) She had a dream about it.
(b) She had seen her sister use it.
(c) She believed in her doctor.
(d) She had much to live for.

8. What causes the depths of the Great Salt Lake to change?
(a) Drought conditions.
(b) Climate changes.
(c) Salt manufactureres.
(d) Weather.

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

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

11. What was the second option when the lake exceeded the limits?
(a) Diking the water.
(b) Pumping the water.
(c) Divert the Water.
(d) Store the water.

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

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

14. Where did Terry go after hearing her mother needed radiation?
(a) The Bird Refuge.
(b) The Great Salt Lake.
(c) Bear River.
(d) Antelope Island.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Brigham Young call the Great Basin?

2. What did the author learn from her mother while she was sick?

3. When did the author usually speak to her mother?

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

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

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