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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote "God Sees the Truth but Waits"?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Dostoyevsky.
(d) Tolstoy.

3. What saved the Mormon pioneers when their wheat fields were being destroyed?
(a) Gulls.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Rain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Terry's mother's doctor want to put her on radiation?

2. In what season do the Great Salt Lake levels lower?

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

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

5. Where does the phalarope get food?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author compare starlings to, and why?

2. Why did the author take such a deep interest in nature?

3. What did the author talk about at the beginning of the chapter entitled Barn Swallows?

4. How did Terry feel when birds were displaced from the refuge?

5. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

6. What was the United Order?

7. What did Terry do when she saw a dead swan?

8. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

9. What did Terry love about Gunnison Island?

10. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

(see the answer keys)

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