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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?
(a) the female is bigger and stronger and makes him
(b) the male is born to be the mate of a certain femal
(c) the females have a long, whip-like appendage that grabs the male
(d) he has a chemical in his abdomen that encourages him

2. How does Dillard see time?
(a) as an arrow through space
(b) as being too long when waiting
(c) as a continuous loop or an ascending spiral
(d) as a maze of days

3. Why are starlings hated in the Tinker Creek area?
(a) they fly into houses and make nests
(b) they are smelly, messy, and noisy
(c) they eat all the worms and leave the ground bare
(d) they scare the children by flying around them

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

5. What is one of Dillard's main occupations in the winter?
(a) reading
(b) knitting
(c) watching television
(d) sewing

Short Answer Questions

1. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?

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

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

4. What does Dillard say can be as blinding as complete darkness?

5. How do blind people who suddenly gain sight usually see objects at first?

(see the answer key)

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