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

2. Why did Terry compare someone to Antelope Island?

3. Who took the author to the bird conservatory?

4. What enraged Diane when she was ill?

5. What did the author's family do for vacations when she was a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What caused the LDS prophet to end church meetings one Sunday?

3. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

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

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

6. What did the author compare her mother to during her chemotherapy treatment?

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

8. What happened at Fish Springs?

9. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diane and Terry are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

Essay Topic 2

Why did Diane refuse medical treatment, and what effect did this have on her family?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the examples of comic relief in this book, and how do they affect the tone of the plot?

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