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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changes about the view around Dillard's home when winter comes?
(a) the view looks stark and empty
(b) the snow covered trees block her view of the creek
(c) nothing changes about the view
(d) winter opens vistas around Dillard's home so she can see other homes

2. Why did Indians used grooved arrows?
(a) it made them more accurate
(b) so they would fly farther
(c) the hunter could follow the trail of blood that flows down the groove
(d) so they were lighter to carry around

3. What does Dillard say can be as blinding as complete darkness?
(a) too much light
(b) a mind that is closed
(c) some camp lanterns
(d) a full moon at midnight

4. What is it about weather that Dillard believes is a phenomena worth writing about?
(a) talking about the weather is one of seven or eight phenomena worth discussing
(b) how often the modern weather predictions are wrong
(c) how often the modern weather predictions are right
(d) whether ancient people talked about the weather

5. Dillard sees so much in the natural world which seems paradoxical. Why?
(a) because half the day had sun, half did not
(b) because the same plant could heal you or kill you
(c) she saw beauty side by side with horrors
(d) because large trees would block the sun from smaller ones

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard believes that, with indifference, nature hides what?

2. Why are starlings hated in the Tinker Creek area?

3. What does the author see as an active mystery?

4. What does the animal in question #1 do to to get Dillard's attention?

5. What does she realize is the best way to quiet her mind?

(see the answer key)

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