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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 does Dillard say happens the moment you are aware of the present?
(a) you lose it
(b) it no longer matters
(c) it becomes the past
(d) it freezes

2. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
(a) she knows that to discover and understand she must be able to see
(b) because she discusses the loss of sight
(c) because she has found out some blind people regain their sight
(d) because she believes to see she has to understand

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

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

5. She claims the ability to see what is hidden is what?
(a) a gift
(b) a special talent
(c) fate
(d) a piece of luck

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literal act of seeing?

2. What does Dillard say hinders people from experiencing the now?

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

4. How do honey bees survive the cold of winter?

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

(see the answer key)

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