Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Quiz | One Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Quiz | One Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did early man view locusts?
(a) as a visitation from heaven
(b) locusts were thought to be a plague sent by God
(c) as a plague sent by the devil
(d) as the harbringer of a natural disaster

2. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?
(a) joy
(b) destruction and fear
(c) upheaval and violence
(d) an endless tempest of beauty

3. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?
(a) God is in nature
(b) the seeking of God is a continuous loop, which never ends
(c) God is everywhere but the best place to seek is in church
(d) Singing in the shower

4. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?
(a) locusts have too many babies
(b) locusts will eat other insects
(c) locusts breed in the water
(d) locusts are merely grasshoppers under stress

5. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?
(a) there is no analogy between snakes and seasons
(b) snakes shed skins in accordance with the seasons
(c) seasons are a continuous loop, just as she thought the snakeskin was
(d) snakes move depending on the season

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard says there is loveliness and grace throughout creation. What is also there?

2. How does Dillard see time?

3. How much impact on any of the creatures, mountains, or creek around her does the author think she has?

4. Before a baby can distinguish objects, what kind does it prefer?

5. In addition to form and texture, what does the author believe influences beauty?

(see the answer key)

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