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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 a thunderstorm blew down a tree
(c) when her tomcat bit the head off a mouse
(d) when she watched sharks tear into a school of fish

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

3. Where does Dillard makes a pilgrimage to every month?
(a) the island that bisects Tinker Creek
(b) the small town a few miles away
(c) to visit her mother in another state
(d) the the local church

4. Even though she is no scientist, what did Dillard decide she will do in her valley?
(a) she will explore her valley and report the unmapped frontiers
(b) erect a new cabin
(c) raise sheep
(d) plant a flower garden

5. Dillard believes that "weather overlaps" which causes what?
(a) there is only a few weeks of any season that is distinguishable from the former or following
(b) snow on Easter
(c) rain in the backyard and sun in the front yard
(d) sun shining when it's raining

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Dillard think of Tinker Creek in the first chapter?

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

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

5. What does Dillard say about humans and change?

(see the answer key)

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