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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Dillard illustrating in her story about the Polyphemus moth from her childhood?
(a) moths have to spread their weeks when born
(b) the indifference humans often exhibit towards the natural world
(c) she has a good memory
(d) kids are cruel

3. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?
(a) it was not real
(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 a snake but a long, skinny lizard

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

5. How do praying mantises mate?
(a) the male kills the female when done and takes over the eggs
(b) they mate like people
(c) the female lays eggs and the male comes by and fertilizes them
(d) A female will mate and devour up to seven male mantises

Short Answer Questions

1. How do blind people who suddenly gain sight usually see objects at first?

2. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?

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

4. What does she realize is the best way to quiet her mind?

5. Dillard believes that, with indifference, nature hides what?

(see the answer key)

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