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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dillard do at one time about insects as a child?
(a) killed bugs with carbon tetrachloride and then pinned them on labeled boards
(b) catch fireflies in glass jars to watch them glow
(c) watched them in the grass with a magnifying glass
(d) shooed them out of the house before her mother could kill them

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

3. How does Dillard visualize the present?
(a) as a hummingbird that stops for nectar
(b) as a wave that explodes over her head
(c) as a hawk soaring on the breeze
(d) as the middle of everything

4. In Chapter 5 Dillard writes about finding a snake. What appeared peculiar about the snake?
(a) it was tied in a knot
(b) it had two heads
(c) it had a outer and inner skin
(d) it was pure white

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard writes that she is an avid collector of what?

2. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?

3. When Dillard raps on the goldfish bowl, what does the fish do?

4. What does the author say the future is?

5. Why would Dillard say some trees are like body builders?

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