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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What information did the author give at the beginning of each chapter?
(a) The year.
(b) The lake levels.
(c) The location of her family.
(d) Her age.

3. Where did the author learn about the Great Salt Lake?
(a) A trip.
(b) College.
(c) School.
(d) A conference.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How deep is the Great Salt Lake?

2. How did Diane communicate with the person she knew with a brain tumor?

3. What were all the chapters in this first section named after?

4. How old was the author when she joined the Audubon Society?

5. Who wrote "God Sees the Truth but Waits"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

2. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

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

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

5. What did Terry love about Gunnison Island?

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

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

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

9. What did the author talk about at the beginning of the chapter entitled Barn Swallows?

10. Why didn't Diane ever come to love birds?

(see the answer keys)

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