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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is a title Terry used for the Great Salt Lake?
(a) A wild place of civilization.
(b) A symbol of God's power.
(c) A friend in a strange place.
(d) A woman who refuses to be tamed.

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

3. What did Terry want to communicate with in the Pink Flamingos chapter?
(a) The land.
(b) Her God.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A friend.

4. What causes the Great Salt Lake levels to rise?
(a) All of these.
(b) Rain.
(c) Desaturation of salt.
(d) Snow run off.

5. Why did Terry compare someone to Antelope Island?
(a) She has been unlawful.
(b) He has a hard will.
(c) He is unpredictable.
(d) She is unreachable.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What surprised the men at Antelope Island about Terry?
(a) She was willing to help them.
(b) She was their boss.
(c) She was happy about the lake waters.
(d) She knew a lot about birds.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What climate did the author learn about while in the Audubon Society?

2. What was Terry looking for after hearing her mother needed radiation?

3. What did Diane spot at Bear River that was rare?

4. What kind of gulls were used as a chapter title?

5. Where does the phalarope get food?

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