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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 would have been threatened if the lake water were pumped?
(a) The Air Force shooting range.
(b) The mineral levels.
(c) The desert dwelling birds.
(d) The natural foliage of the area.

2. What were all the chapters in this first section named after?
(a) Relatives.
(b) Places in the US.
(c) Birds.
(d) Animals.

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

4. Why was the author surprised when her mother agreed to use chemotherapy?
(a) She didn't believe in it before.
(b) She had talked her sister out of it.
(c) She had been refusing it.
(d) She was afraid of it.

5. What surprised the men at Antelope Island about Terry?
(a) She was willing to help them.
(b) She was their boss.
(c) She knew a lot about birds.
(d) She was happy about the lake waters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author learn from her mother while she was sick?

2. What causes the Great Salt Lake levels to rise?

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

4. How many options were available when the lake exceeded the limits?

5. Where did the author's mother have a tumor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused the LDS prophet to end church meetings one Sunday?

2. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

3. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

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

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

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

7. Why did the author say she liked to go to the dump?

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

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

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

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