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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the term the term "northing" mean?
(a) types of birds that don't migrate
(b) the name the Eskimoes use for themselves
(c) denotes traveling in a northerly direction
(d) someone who lives near the artic circle

3. Where are the answer to #163 going?
(a) to Tinker Creek
(b) to the ocean
(c) to California
(d) to the south

4. Fecundity could be defined as:
(a) wasteful of resources
(b) a type of fat
(c) always hungry
(d) prolific in offspring

5. How does Dillard finally reconcile a kind, loving creator with the carnage she observes in the natural world?
(a) by realizing she's not smart enough to understand
(b) by realizing there is no creator
(c) by putting it out of her mind
(d) by reinterpreting the meaning of death

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9 Dillard is uneasy and hears what seems to be gunshots. What did she actually hear?

2. What is the "Principle of Indeterminacy?"

3. What does the principle of indeterminacy invalidate?

4. The balance enables her to think about the beauty without doing what?

5. What would Dillard term passive pursuit of animals?

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