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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. In what season do the Great Salt Lake levels lower?

2. What chance of survival did Diane have during radiation?

3. Who was the outlaw referred to in Chapter 8?

4. How long did it take the author to get from her house to the airport?

5. What enraged Diane when she was ill?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

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

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

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

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

7. What happened at Fish Springs?

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

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

10. What did Terry love about Gunnison Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the examples of comic relief in this book, and how do they affect the tone of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

What happened to Terry in Dark Canyon, and how did this alter the rest of her life?

Essay Topic 3

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

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