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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?
(a) God is in nature
(b) God is everywhere but the best place to seek is in church
(c) Singing in the shower
(d) the seeking of God is a continuous loop, which never ends

3. Dillard says there is loveliness and grace throughout creation. What is also there?
(a) scarcity
(b) violence
(c) the bizarre and grotesque
(d) fear

4. How much impact on any of the creatures, mountains, or creek around her does the author think she has?
(a) she has no impact at all
(b) very little
(c) as much as any other creature
(d) too much

5. What does Dillard mean when she says she's willing to sacrifice a little blood in order to be "in the thick of things?"
(a) she would fight on the front lines in any battle
(b) she would rather live life to its fullest even if it means being in danger
(c) she'd pick up a wild animal that might bite her
(d) she'd bleed to pick a rose

Short Answer Questions

1. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?

2. Silvery eels swim to the sea after eight years of maturing in obscure creeks and rivers. What happens to them at the sea?

3. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?

4. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?

5. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?

(see the answer key)

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