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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 Diane ask Terry for when she refused a treatment?
(a) To explain to her siblings.
(b) To help her with her death.
(c) To keep the secret.
(d) To keep her faith.

2. Why did the bird refuge close down?
(a) They lost their funding.
(b) The building got flooded out.
(c) The lake levels were too unpredictable.
(d) There weren't enough birds.

3. Why was there a concrete building in the desert?
(a) By mistake it was placed there.
(b) For headquarters for researchers.
(c) To break up the monotony.
(d) To hold supplies for wanderers.

4. What did Terry realize while at the Abbey?
(a) It was time to let go.
(b) She loved her mother.
(c) She was sick.
(d) Her husband needed her love.

5. What kind of cancer did Mimi have?
(a) Ovarian cancer.
(b) Colon cancer.
(c) Skin cancer.
(d) Breast cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of bird did Terry feed at the Abbey?

2. How did Terry say people with cancer died?

3. Who went with Terry while Mimi got her cancer treatment?

4. What did Terry say happened to her as her mother died of cancer?

5. Who told Terry about the comet she got to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Terry take Diane to the desert?

2. What happened to Terry at the Escalante River?

3. What happened in the Canada Geese chapter?

4. Why did Terry go to the Abbey?

5. What is the Golden Spike?

6. What disease did Mimi suffer from, and what treatment did she get?

7. Why was seeing the comet so special to Terry?

8. What did Diane say after her second intestinal surgery?

9. What realization did Terry have at the Abbey?

10. What happened during the family portrait after the hike near Brighton?

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