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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 rise?

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

3. What was the second option when the lake exceeded the limits?

4. What information did the author give at the beginning of each chapter?

5. What was the third option for when the lake exceeded the limits?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened at Fish Springs?

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

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

8. Why did the author say she liked to go to the dump?

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

10. What was the United Order?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

How did Terry deal with the sadness of her mother's death, and what does this reveal about her personality?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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