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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?
(a) there is no analogy between snakes and seasons
(b) snakes move depending on the season
(c) snakes shed skins in accordance with the seasons
(d) seasons are a continuous loop, just as she thought the snakeskin was

2. 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'd pick up a wild animal that might bite her
(b) she'd bleed to pick a rose
(c) she would rather live life to its fullest even if it means being in danger
(d) she would fight on the front lines in any battle

3. Dillard believes that "weather overlaps" which causes what?
(a) sun shining when it's raining
(b) there is only a few weeks of any season that is distinguishable from the former or following
(c) snow on Easter
(d) rain in the backyard and sun in the front yard

4. Before a baby can distinguish objects, what kind does it prefer?
(a) ones that have bright colors
(b) ones that sparkle and shine
(c) complex designs over simple ones
(d) ones that have moving parts

5. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?
(a) it was not a snake but a long, skinny lizard
(b) she realizes that the snake had turned parts of the skin inside out, making it appear as though the skin is in a knot
(c) it was alive
(d) it was not real

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?

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

4. How did early man view locusts?

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

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