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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. What did the author test about the Great Salt Lake?
(a) The buoyancy in the water.
(b) The foliage around the water.
(c) The salinity of the water.
(d) The health of the water.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What caused the author's mother to use chemotherapy?

4. Why did the author go somewhere after her mother's surgery?

5. What surprised the men at Antelope Island about Terry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

2. What did the author compare her mother to during her chemotherapy treatment?

3. What did the author discuss at the beginning of the chapter entitled Peregrine Falcon?

4. What did Terry think about while at the funeral of a family friend?

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

6. What did Terry love about Gunnison Island?

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

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

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

10. Why didn't Diane ever come to love birds?

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