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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do blind people who suddenly gain sight usually see objects at first?
(a) as all gray
(b) as black and white
(c) as bigger than they really are
(d) as patches of colored light

2. Why are starlings hated in the Tinker Creek area?
(a) they eat all the worms and leave the ground bare
(b) they are smelly, messy, and noisy
(c) they scare the children by flying around them
(d) they fly into houses and make nests

3. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?
(a) the male is born to be the mate of a certain femal
(b) the female is bigger and stronger and makes him
(c) he has a chemical in his abdomen that encourages him
(d) the females have a long, whip-like appendage that grabs the male

4. What is the literal act of seeing?
(a) watching for movement in the clouds
(b) using binoculars to see a great distance
(c) learning how to spot the different wildlife
(d) opening the eyes and looking straight ahead

5. What does Dillard believe is healing?
(a) flowing water
(b) white clouds in blue skies
(c) sunshine
(d) soothing music

Short Answer Questions

1. How do honey bees survive the cold of winter?

2. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?

3. According to Dillard, how is the past healed?

4. What does the animal in question #1 do to to get Dillard's attention?

5. How did Radford, Virginia decide to control their starling problem?

(see the answer key)

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