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

2. What did the author say she gauged her life by?
(a) Seasons.
(b) Birds.
(c) Children.
(d) Culture.

3. What did the author compare the Great Salt Lake to?
(a) A pot.
(b) A dinner plate.
(c) A cup.
(d) A tea kettle.

4. How deep is the Great Salt Lake?
(a) 33 feet.
(b) 43 feet.
(c) 23 feet.
(d) 13 feet.

5. Where did the activities in this book take place?
(a) Utah.
(b) California.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Nevada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the outlaw referred to in Chapter 8?

2. What makes the Great Salt Lake freezable?

3. Where was the author working during her mother's chemotherapy treatments?

4. Where did Diane go swimming while she was still sick?

5. What would have been threatened if the lake water were pumped?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at Fish Springs?

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

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

4. What did Terry love about Gunnison Island?

5. What was the United Order?

6. What did the author and her mother do when they got news of the tumor?

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

8. What was the big news in the Yellow Headed Blackbird chapter?

9. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

10. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

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