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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Section 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the author think about the price of fish?
(a) they're a cheap source of protein
(b) fish are free for anyone to gather from the waters
(c) they cost more than beef
(d) the price is high due to overfishing
2. What does the author say the future is?
(a) baby birds who have just hatched
(b) a cricket's song on a sultry night
(c) a wind coming from the east
(d) light on the water and a spirit
3. What does Dillard find out when she takes her first course in French?
(a) French sounds better than English
(b) she has no aptitude for languages
(c) she realizes that she will have to learn French word by word
(d) it's more difficult than Spanish
4. In addition to form and texture, what does the author believe influences beauty?
(a) color
(b) perception
(c) time of day
(d) time
5. What does Dillard say about humans and change?
(a) humans hate change
(b) humans believe stability if good
(c) humans abhor statis
(d) humans believe change is necessary
Short Answer Questions
1. Dillard says that if plants had emotions, she would applaud this:
2. How long can a horsehair worm grow?
3. If you remove the answer in question #86 from chlorophyll, you create a molecule of what?
4. What is the muskrat young called?
5. In Alaska and northern Canada during winter what is a topic of continual fascination?
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