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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 did Diane and Terry make a pact about?

2. What is unique about the curlews near the Golden Spike?

3. Why was there a concrete building in the desert?

4. What kind of scientists did Terry work with at Silver Island?

5. How did the thing Terry cooked for Hank's birthday turn out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What realization did Terry have at the Abbey?

2. What happened while Terry was on the Native American excursion?

3. What is the Golden Spike?

4. What is historically significant about Emigration Canyon Road?

5. What did Terry do on Hank's birthday for the dinner, and why?

6. Why did Terry go to the Abbey?

7. What did the magpies disrupt in Terry's life?

8. What did Diane try to convince her family to do when she was given one year left to live?

9. What gift did Diane get for Terry when she moved to Emigration Canyon Road?

10. How did Terry and Diane spend their evening after being in the desert?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

How did Terry deal with the sadness of her mother's death, and what does this reveal about her personality?

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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