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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. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?
(a) moving from what to why
(b) moving from logic to mysticism
(c) trying to think too much
(d) getting a little strange

2. 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 good or evil
(b) a balance between believing nature to be better than cities or not
(c) a balance between believing nature to be for animals or humans
(d) a balance between believing nature to be either terrible or wonderful

3. What does Dillard say about the muskrat fur?
(a) it's smelly when wet
(b) it's thin and of little use
(c) they are the most popular fur animal in North America
(d) it tends to be spotty

4. Silvery eels swim to the sea after eight years of maturing in obscure creeks and rivers. What happens to them at the sea?
(a) they lay their eggs and then die
(b) they have offspring and bring them back in two years
(c) they lay eggs and then go into deep water for the rest of their lives
(d) they mate with other eels then return to the fresh water

5. What do the Eskimos do with the greens in their prey's stomach?
(a) feed them to their dogs
(b) they never look in the stomach
(c) throw them in the ocean
(d) eat them

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard says that if plants had emotions, she would applaud this:

2. What does Dillard's fascination and stories about praying mantises demonstrate?

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

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

5. What does Dillard find out when she takes her first course in French?

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