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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of Terry's mother's doctor?
(a) Dr. Taylor.
(b) Dr. Young.
(c) Dr. Smith.
(d) Dr. McKay.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the first chapter called?
(a) Burrowing Owls.
(b) Great Grandma.
(c) Panthers.
(d) The Great Salt Lake.

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

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

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

11. How many options were available when the lake exceeded the limits?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

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

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

15. Where did the author learn about the Great Salt Lake?
(a) A conference.
(b) School.
(c) A trip.
(d) College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the third option for when the lake exceeded the limits?

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

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

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

5. What causes the depths of the Great Salt Lake to change?

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