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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 does Dillard say is the way to tell winter has arrived?
(a) when you have to make your first fire
(b) you can taste winter's arrival on the air
(c) when you see the first snowfall
(d) when the creek's water has frozen

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

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

4. What does the animal in question #1 do to to get Dillard's attention?
(a) knocks her glasses off onto the floor
(b) bats her leg with his paw
(c) jumps in through the open window and climbs on Dillard's chest
(d) meows loudly

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard see as a passive mystery?

2. How were Starlings are introduced to America from Europe?

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

4. Where does Dillard makes a pilgrimage to every month?

5. Thinking about God and nature, what does Dillard come to believe is possible?

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