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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. Who took the author to the bird conservatory?
(a) Her mentor.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. How does the author describe the Great Salt Lake?
(a) Thriving.
(b) Terminal.
(c) Dying.
(d) Selfish.

3. Where did Diane live mostly while in chemotherapy treatments?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) The present.
(d) The next world.

4. What was the name of Terry's mother's doctor?
(a) Dr. Young.
(b) Dr. McKay.
(c) Dr. Taylor.
(d) Dr. Smith.

5. What enraged Diane when she was ill?
(a) That her family could not accept her illness.
(b) That she was in so much pain.
(c) That she was dying.
(d) That her doctor lied to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author describe her mother's chemotherapy treatments?

2. Where does the phalarope get food?

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

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

5. Where did the activities in this book take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at Fish Springs?

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

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

4. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

5. What was the big news in the Yellow Headed Blackbird chapter?

6. What did the author and her mother do when they got news of the tumor?

7. What medical procedure did Terry undergo while her mother was in radiation?

8. What is similar in each chapter of this book?

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

10. What did Terry do when she saw a dead swan?

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