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

2. Who does Dillard says stalk caribou herds for days?
(a) polar bears
(b) mountain lions
(c) Eskimos
(d) wolves

3. In Chapter 13, the author is beginning to find a balance in her thinking about nature. What is that balance?
(a) a balance between believing nature to be better than cities or not
(b) a balance between believing nature to be for animals or humans
(c) a balance between believing nature to be either terrible or wonderful
(d) a balance between believing nature to be good or evil

4. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?
(a) the females have a long, whip-like appendage that grabs the male
(b) the male is born to be the mate of a certain femal
(c) he has a chemical in his abdomen that encourages him
(d) the female is bigger and stronger and makes him

5. What does Dillard find out about muskrats and humans?
(a) they eat the same foods
(b) they both like water
(c) if a muskrat is aware of human's presence, it will not appear
(d) they're both nocturnal

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard say about the muskrat fur?

2. What about the creek creates healing sounds?

3. How do mice reach the grain at the top of a stalk?

4. What does the author think about the price of fish?

5. What are the "horns of the altar?"

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