View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dillard do at one time about insects as a child?
(a) killed bugs with carbon tetrachloride and then pinned them on labeled boards
(b) watched them in the grass with a magnifying glass
(c) shooed them out of the house before her mother could kill them
(d) catch fireflies in glass jars to watch them glow

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

3. 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) whether ancient people talked about the weather
(c) how often the modern weather predictions are wrong
(d) how often the modern weather predictions are right

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

5. Dillard thought once that awesome artistry can be laced with savagery. To what did she refer?
(a) when ants attacked a lady bug
(b) when she watched sharks tear into a school of fish
(c) when a thunderstorm blew down a tree
(d) when her tomcat bit the head off a mouse

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes about the view around Dillard's home when winter comes?

2. What is figurative seeing?

3. Even though she is no scientist, what did Dillard decide she will do in her valley?

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

5. At a ranch, Dillard drew a horse. It wasn't a good picture. Others who lived at the ranch drew great horses. Why?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 411 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample