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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dillard see time?
(a) as an arrow through space
(b) as being too long when waiting
(c) as a continuous loop or an ascending spiral
(d) as a maze of days

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

3. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?
(a) an endless tempest of beauty
(b) upheaval and violence
(c) destruction and fear
(d) joy

4. Dillard says the agnostic asks who created the universe. What does a believer ask?
(a) who is God
(b) why am I in the universe
(c) why was the universe created
(d) what role does man play

5. Silvery eels swim to the sea after eight years of maturing in obscure creeks and rivers. What happens to them at the sea?
(a) they lay their eggs and then die
(b) they have offspring and bring them back in two years
(c) they lay eggs and then go into deep water for the rest of their lives
(d) they mate with other eels then return to the fresh water

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dillard believes that "weather overlaps" which causes what?

3. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?

4. Dillard says there is loveliness and grace throughout creation. What is also there?

5. In Chapter 5 Dillard writes about finding a snake. What appeared peculiar about the snake?

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