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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. What was Terry looking for after hearing her mother needed radiation?

2. What did Brigham Young call the Great Basin?

3. Why did Terry compare someone to Antelope Island?

4. How deep is the Great Salt Lake?

5. What saved the Mormon pioneers when their wheat fields were being destroyed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened at Fish Springs?

2. What did Terry love about Gunnison Island?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Terry write so much about cancer at the end of the book? What message was she trying to send here?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What are some things you learned about the Mormon church while reading this book?

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