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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author go after her mother's surgery?
(a) Her grandmother's house.
(b) The Great Salt Lake.
(c) The bird refuge.
(d) A cemetary.

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

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

4. Where was the author working during her mother's chemotherapy treatments?
(a) A college.
(b) A museum.
(c) A church.
(d) A refuge.

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

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

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

8. Who took the author to the bird conservatory?
(a) Her mentor.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her uncle.

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

10. What did Diane spot at Bear River that was rare?
(a) Bald eagles.
(b) Pacific gulls.
(c) Flamingos.
(d) Snow buntings.

11. What did Brigham Young call the Great Basin?
(a) The Zion.
(b) The Promised Land.
(c) The Holy Land.
(d) The New Jerusalem.

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

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

14. How did Diane feel when she heard what her survival rate was during radiation?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Confused.
(c) Unlucky.
(d) Abused.

15. Why did the author go somewhere after her mother's surgery?
(a) To pray.
(b) To give her mother privacy.
(c) To collect her thoughts.
(d) To pay her respects.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the Great Salt Lake?

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

3. How long did it take the author to get from her house to the airport?

4. Where did Diane live mostly while in chemotherapy treatments?

5. To whom did Terry compare Antelope Island?

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