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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 is the literal act of seeing?
(a) opening the eyes and looking straight ahead
(b) learning how to spot the different wildlife
(c) using binoculars to see a great distance
(d) watching for movement in the clouds

2. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?
(a) one's attention is focused on it
(b) it moves
(c) a light is turned on
(d) the name of the object is known

3. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?
(a) captured in nets and sedated with alcohol
(b) the hibernating bugs are packed in boxes of pine cones
(c) they are shipped in the spring, the nests are shipped in one piece
(d) they are packed in soil and water

4. In Chapter 3, Dillard stalks a bird along the iced over creek. What kind of bird was it?
(a) duck
(b) coot
(c) blue jay
(d) robin

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

Short Answer Questions

1. She claims the ability to see what is hidden is what?

2. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"

3. What does Dillard say is the way to tell winter has arrived?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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