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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Dillard get a visit from in Chapter 3 that was eye-awakening for her?
(a) A writers' group.
(b) The mail carrier.
(c) Two local neighborhood boys.
(d) A volunteer EMS worker.

2. Whose poetry did Dillard usually read aloud when on a break?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson's.
(b) Conrad Aiken's.
(c) Walt Whitman's.
(d) Frederick Buechner's.

3. What body of water did Dillard write near in Washington State?
(a) Port of Vancouver.
(b) Strait of Georgia.
(c) Puget Sound.
(d) The Columbia River.

4. What had Dillard forgotten all about as she worked on a Fourth-of-July night?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Where she was in her writing.
(c) The rest of the world.
(d) Her books.

5. Who or what will teach someone to write, according to Dillard in Chapter 3?
(a) The author.
(b) A fellow writer.
(c) Opacity.
(d) The blank page.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard believes that some writers weaken their resolve to discard parts of their work. Why?

2. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?

3. What do experienced writers urge young men and women to learn, according to Chapter 1?

4. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?

5. Who watched Dillard chop wood every morning in Washington?

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