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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 did the magpie flock keep Terry from doing?

2. Why did the bird refuge close down?

3. What holiday was held in the Great Horned Owl chapter?

4. What flower did Terry pick for her mother near Brighton?

5. What did Terry feed the birds at the Abbey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was seeing the comet so special to Terry?

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

4. How did Terry and Diane spend their evening after being in the desert?

5. What did Terry do on Hank's birthday for the dinner, and why?

6. What did Dian have a surgery for after the family portrait?

7. What is historically significant about Emigration Canyon Road?

8. What is the Golden Spike?

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

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

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

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that people involved in those situations?

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