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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dillard write that 'People should not feed moralistic animals'?
(a) Her cat pushed its empty food bowl around.
(b) Her dog trotted around the room, head up in the air.
(c) Her dog looked at her and rolled its eyes.
(d) Her cat stretched out and turned its back to her.

2. What did an inchworm search for in a panic in Chapter 1?
(a) The next part of a blade of grass it was climbing.
(b) A way in which to lift its hind legs to its front legs.
(c) A caterpillar.
(d) Its front legs.

3. What does Dillard say many people prefer to the written word?
(a) Recordings.
(b) TV.
(c) Life.
(d) Film.

4. What did Dillard realize when she spoke to the local sheriff in Chapter 3?
(a) She was a good, sane person.
(b) She loved writing.
(c) She loved running a ferryboat.
(d) She was like one who worked in a factory all day.

5. What happened in Bridgeport, Connecticut one morning in April, 1987?
(a) A Rabbi went to prayers.
(b) A building collapsed.
(c) The author sustained a hairline fracture.
(d) A writer was killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Saint-Pol-Roux used to hang what sign on his door while he slept?

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

3. How did Dillard get into the library in Roanoke late at night?

4. Who does Dillard say that she believes to be one of the most prolific writers who has ever lived?

5. Finish this West African proverb from Chapter 2: "The beginning of wisdom is.."

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