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

Short Answer Questions

1. How big was the author's mother's tumor?

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

3. How did Diane feel when she heard what her survival rate was during radiation?

4. What climate did the author learn about while in the Audubon Society?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Terry feel when birds were displaced from the refuge?

2. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

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

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

5. What happened at Fish Springs?

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

7. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

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

9. Why did the author take such a deep interest in nature?

10. What did the author compare her mother to during her chemotherapy treatment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of people. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the people in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Which person did you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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