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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dillard relays a story about a cabdriver singing a boring song, why did the driver sing it twice?
(a) It was a throw-away song.
(b) It had taken him a long time to get it right.
(c) He wanted to bore the author.
(d) He was stalling for time.

2. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?
(a) A pine shed.
(b) A small room in her home.
(c) A former lighthouse.
(d) The public library.

3. What does Dillard say that she makes a pen drawing of in Chapter 2?
(a) The scenery outside her study carrel.
(b) Cows on a hilltop.
(c) Snapping turtles.
(d) People pulling into the parking lot.

4. How does Dillard describe the process of writing a book?
(a) "It is life at its most free."
(b) "It is boring and difficult."
(c) "It is a dreamlike task."
(d) "It is something to avoid at all costs."

5. How long does it generally take to write a book?
(a) One to ten months.
(b) Two to ten years.
(c) One to five years.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dillard come to understand the proper way to split wood?

2. Who said a long poem takes between five and ten years to write?

3. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?

4. Where, in Washington State, did Dillard beg a cabin in which to write?

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

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