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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What separates the Bear River from the Snake River?
(a) A volcanic dam.
(b) A mountain range.
(c) A sandy plateau.
(d) A man made dike.

2. How does the author's brother get out of church one day?
(a) His sister asks for his help.
(b) He is called to work.
(c) His mother gets very ill.
(d) He has to help with a flood.

3. How many species of birds use the refuge?
(a) 88.
(b) 158.
(c) 208.
(d) 108.

4. What did Diane spot at Bear River that was rare?
(a) Flamingos.
(b) Bald eagles.
(c) Snow buntings.
(d) Pacific gulls.

5. Who wrote "God Sees the Truth but Waits"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Dostoyevsky.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Aristotle.

6. Where did the author's mother have a tumor?
(a) Her head.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her arm.
(d) Her abdomen.

7. What did the author test about the Great Salt Lake?
(a) The buoyancy in the water.
(b) The health of the water.
(c) The foliage around the water.
(d) The salinity of the water.

8. What did Terry say should be used to catch the outlaw in Chapter 8?
(a) A gun.
(b) A noose.
(c) A lasso.
(d) A taser.

9. Why did the author go somewhere after her mother's surgery?
(a) To give her mother privacy.
(b) To pay her respects.
(c) To collect her thoughts.
(d) To pray.

10. Who was the outlaw referred to in Chapter 8?
(a) Terry Williams.
(b) Robert Redford.
(c) The lake.
(d) Butch Cassidy.

11. Why did Terry compare someone to Antelope Island?
(a) She has been unlawful.
(b) She is unreachable.
(c) He is unpredictable.
(d) He has a hard will.

12. What surprised the men at Antelope Island about Terry?
(a) She was their boss.
(b) She knew a lot about birds.
(c) She was willing to help them.
(d) She was happy about the lake waters.

13. Why did the author think her mother couldn't get sick?
(a) She was too young.
(b) She was too beautiful.
(c) She was too strong.
(d) She was too good.

14. Why was the author surprised when her mother agreed to use chemotherapy?
(a) She was afraid of it.
(b) She had been refusing it.
(c) She had talked her sister out of it.
(d) She didn't believe in it before.

15. How old was the author when she joined the Audubon Society?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How big was the author's mother's tumor?

2. How long did Terry's mother's doctor want to put her on radiation?

3. What did Terry want to communicate with in the Pink Flamingos chapter?

4. Where did Diane live mostly while in chemotherapy treatments?

5. What did the author say she gauged her life by?

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