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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dillard think gravitates towards the field of botany?
(a) people who were raised in rural areas
(b) those who don't like people
(c) no one in particular
(d) truly ethical thinkers

2. In addition to form and texture, what does the author believe influences beauty?
(a) time
(b) color
(c) perception
(d) time of day

3. According to Dillard, the "simple" is transformed by evolution into what?
(a) animals
(b) the more complex and intricate
(c) trees
(d) human intellect

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

5. What does she realize is the best way to quiet her mind?
(a) sitting quietly and breathing deeply
(b) by offering a nonchalant nod to the presence of words in the head
(c) taking a sleeping pill
(d) counting from 100 to zero backwards

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the other type of poisonous snake besides the answer in #139, that lives around the creek area?

3. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?

4. In Chapter 13, Dillard spies a snake. What kind is it?

5. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?

(see the answer key)

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