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

2. Dillard believes that "weather overlaps" which causes what?
(a) there is only a few weeks of any season that is distinguishable from the former or following
(b) snow on Easter
(c) sun shining when it's raining
(d) rain in the backyard and sun in the front yard

3. At a ranch, Dillard drew a horse. It wasn't a good picture. Others who lived at the ranch drew great horses. Why?
(a) they loved horses
(b) they were more artistic
(c) they knew all the bones and muscles of a horse
(d) they had a lot of practice drawing horses

4. In Chapter 2, Dillard talks of a game she played where she would hide what?
(a) Easter eggs
(b) pennies
(c) Raggedy Ann dolls
(d) dimes and quarters

5. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?
(a) they will eat the leaves off of trees
(b) they eat flower petals
(c) they will eat anything small enough for it to capture - even tiny garter snakes
(d) they eat tree roots

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard say can be as blinding as complete darkness?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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