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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Dillard's experience, what activity pleases the senses more while you are doing it rather than after it is done?
(a) Acting.
(b) Writing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Drawing lines with an airplane.

2. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?
(a) An Algonquin woman.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A Native American woman.
(d) An Eskimo man.

3. What is an Olympic gymnast hard put to do after a line of spins and stunts, according to Dillard?
(a) Keep his footing at the end.
(b) Focus his eyes.
(c) Keep from feeling faint.
(d) Throw his arms in the air.

4. Who watched Dillard chop wood every morning in Washington?
(a) Conrad and Brian.
(b) Doe and Bob.
(c) Holly and Frederick.
(d) Small animals.

5. What did Emily Dickinson love best in her writing?
(a) A slant of light.
(b) The ferns.
(c) The glistening peritoneum.
(d) Yo-yo tricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question did Dillard ask Glenn that he answered with the story of Ferrar?

2. Who had Rahm flown for in Jordan?

3. What did Dillard notice most in the Washington cabin she wrote in?

4. What did an inchworm search for in a panic in Chapter 1?

5. Which aircraft did Rahm take Dillard up in?

(see the answer key)

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