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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. What is the location of the Golden Spike called?

2. What did Terry say was so great about the petroglyphs?

3. What kind of cancer did Mimi have?

4. How did the thing Terry cooked for Hank's birthday turn out?

5. What kind of curlews were used as a chapter title?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Diane say after her second intestinal surgery?

2. What did Terry think when Diane shared some childhood memories on her anniversary?

3. What did the magpies disrupt in Terry's life?

4. What did Diane try to convince her family to do when she was given one year left to live?

5. What did Terry do for her mother on her hike near Brighton?

6. What did Terry see at Telegraph Cove?

7. What is the Golden Spike?

8. What gift did Diane get for Terry when she moved to Emigration Canyon Road?

9. What is historically significant about Emigration Canyon Road?

10. What disease did Mimi suffer from, and what treatment did she get?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shame and propriety are common themes throughout this book. What are some of the instances where these themes are present, and why are they so important to the people involved?

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

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

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