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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. Where did the author's mother have a tumor?

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

3. What surprised the men at Antelope Island about Terry?

4. What would have been threatened if the lake water were pumped?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at Fish Springs?

2. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

3. What did the author discuss at the beginning of the chapter entitled Peregrine Falcon?

4. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

5. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

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

7. What did the author compare starlings to, and why?

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

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

10. How did Terry feel when birds were displaced from the refuge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Terry presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around her?

Essay Topic 2

What happened to Terry in Dark Canyon, and how did this alter the rest of her life?

Essay Topic 3

Which person did you relate to the most in this book? Why is this? How did this person change throughout the book?

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