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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?
(a) moving from logic to mysticism
(b) moving from what to why
(c) trying to think too much
(d) getting a little strange

2. Believing natural disasters were sent by God is an example of what?
(a) not understanding God
(b) applying a spiritual interpretation to a natural phenomenon
(c) having faith
(d) not having a good science background

3. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?
(a) locusts breed in the water
(b) locusts are merely grasshoppers under stress
(c) locusts have too many babies
(d) locusts will eat other insects

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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?"

3. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?

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

5. How much impact on any of the creatures, mountains, or creek around her does the author think she has?

(see the answer key)

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