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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. Dillard says that if plants had emotions, she would applaud this:
(a) their willingness to live in harmony
(b) their ability to fly in the teeth of it all
(c) their ability to tolerate other life forms
(d) their kindness

2. How do honey bees survive the cold of winter?
(a) build nest in the ground and sleep during winter
(b) cluster together in giant balls
(c) they don't survive, honey bees die off in the winter
(d) go to sleep inside their honey combs

3. When Dillard is looking at a stream, where does she look?
(a) at the water going over the rocks
(b) she always looks upstream
(c) on the north bank
(d) in the center of the water

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

5. How large might a root system for winter rye grass plant grow?
(a) 378 miles of roots and 6,000 miles of root hairs
(b) one root that grows straight down for 100 yards
(c) 65 miles of roots and 2,000 miles of root hairs
(d) a shallow system above ground spread for 15 acres

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the future is?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, Dillard stalks a bird along the iced over creek. What kind of bird was it?

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

(see the answer key)

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