View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author compare the Great Salt Lake to?

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

3. What did Brigham Young call the Great Basin?

4. Who did Diane know with a brain tumor?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the United Order?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happened at Fish Springs?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Terry endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Terry write so much about cancer at the end of the book? What message was she trying to send here?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Diane refuse medical treatment, and what effect did this have on her family?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 571 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample