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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do honey bees survive the cold of winter?
(a) build nest in the ground and sleep during winter
(b) cluster together in giant balls
(c) they don't survive, honey bees die off in the winter
(d) go to sleep inside their honey combs

2. How do ladybugs hibernate?
(a) ladybugs hibernate in large masses
(b) ladybugs hibernate under the roots of trees
(c) ladybugs die off in winter
(d) ladybugs hide beneath the bark on trees

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

4. What is figurative seeing?
(a) watching the invisible
(b) closing the eyes and seeing another world
(c) seeing with the inner eye and looking beyond outward appearances
(d) seeing in dreams

5. What causes most insects' behavior?
(a) external stimuli
(b) imitating parents
(c) the structure of their exoskeleton
(d) innate programming

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dillard illustrating in her story about the Polyphemus moth from her childhood?

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

3. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?

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

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

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