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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dillard think of Tinker Creek in the first chapter?
(a) as a scary, mysterious place
(b) that she'd rather live somewhere else
(c) as an anchor that keeps her steady in the current of life
(d) as a place that time forgot

2. What does Dillard say happens the moment you are aware of the present?
(a) it no longer matters
(b) it freezes
(c) you lose it
(d) it becomes the past

3. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?
(a) they are packed in soil and water
(b) they are shipped in the spring, the nests are shipped in one piece
(c) captured in nets and sedated with alcohol
(d) the hibernating bugs are packed in boxes of pine cones

4. What is the "Principle of Indeterminacy?"
(a) one can not know both the velocity and the position of a particle
(b) the time of day cannot be determined from looking at the sky
(c) one cannot know how far a star is by looking at it
(d) it is not possible to determine the sex of a baby muskrat

5. Why did early Eskimos love winter?
(a) they like to celebrate winter soltice
(b) the seals are easier to kill
(c) the whales are closer to shore
(d) it is a time to use their sleds to visit other Eskimos

Short Answer Questions

1. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?

2. What does the author believe about the difference between abundant plant life and abundant insect life?

3. What about the creek creates healing sounds?

4. What does Dillard suggest spring is about?

5. What makes birds harder to watch than insects?

(see the answer key)

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