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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 old was the author when she joined the Audubon Society?

2. Where did Diane go swimming while she was still sick?

3. What was the name of Terry's mother's doctor?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Terry love about Gunnison Island?

3. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

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

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

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

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

8. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

9. What did the author compare starlings to, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What are some things you learned about the Mormon church while reading this book?

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