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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 was the second option when the lake exceeded the limits?
(a) Pumping the water.
(b) Store the water.
(c) Diking the water.
(d) Divert the Water.

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

3. What did the author learn from her mother while she was sick?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Perseverance.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Faith.

4. How long did Terry's mother's doctor want to put her on radiation?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 5 days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What saved the Mormon pioneers when their wheat fields were being destroyed?

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

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

4. In what season do the Great Salt Lake levels rise?

5. What is the name of the author's brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the author do at the dump when she went there?

3. What was the United Order?

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

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

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

7. What is similar in each chapter of this book?

8. What was the government trying to do in the chapter entitled Redheads?

9. What did Terry do with her mother in the Killdeer chapter?

10. What medical procedure did Terry undergo while her mother was in radiation?

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