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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. What does the author believe separates humans from their creator and humans from each other?
(a) fear
(b) self-consciousness
(c) indifference
(d) hate

2. What did the animal in question #1 often leave on Dillard's nightgown?
(a) a dead mouse
(b) cat hairs
(c) bloody, rose-shaped paw prints
(d) wet, slimy mud off his paws

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

4. Even though she is no scientist, what did Dillard decide she will do in her valley?
(a) erect a new cabin
(b) she will explore her valley and report the unmapped frontiers
(c) raise sheep
(d) plant a flower garden

5. Why did Indians used grooved arrows?
(a) so they were lighter to carry around
(b) it made them more accurate
(c) so they would fly farther
(d) the hunter could follow the trail of blood that flows down the groove

Short Answer Questions

1. At a ranch, Dillard drew a horse. It wasn't a good picture. Others who lived at the ranch drew great horses. Why?

2. How do blind people who suddenly gain sight usually see objects at first?

3. What is it about weather that Dillard believes is a phenomena worth writing about?

4. How does Dillard think of Tinker Creek in the first chapter?

5. What did Dillard do at one time about insects as a child?

(see the answer key)

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