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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) shooed them out of the house before her mother could kill them
(c) catch fireflies in glass jars to watch them glow
(d) watched them in the grass with a magnifying glass

2. What does Dillard believe is healing?
(a) sunshine
(b) flowing water
(c) soothing music
(d) white clouds in blue skies

3. What does Dillard say is the driving force after reproduction in the animal kingdom?
(a) knowing God
(b) protecting the young
(c) finding food
(d) having a nice place to live

4. How do ladybugs hibernate?
(a) ladybugs hibernate under the roots of trees
(b) ladybugs hide beneath the bark on trees
(c) ladybugs die off in winter
(d) ladybugs hibernate in large masses

5. According to Dillard, how is the past healed?
(a) by ignoring it
(b) by focusing on the future
(c) if one stays in the present, the past is healed
(d) by meditating on forgiveness

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard says that if plants had emotions, she would applaud this:

2. What is it about weather that Dillard believes is a phenomena worth writing about?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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