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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 praying mantises mate?
(a) the male kills the female when done and takes over the eggs
(b) the female lays eggs and the male comes by and fertilizes them
(c) they mate like people
(d) A female will mate and devour up to seven male mantises

2. In Chapter 4 what does Dillard use for controlling garden insects?
(a) praying mantises
(b) frogs
(c) ladybugs
(d) bats

3. What does Dillard believe about nature and change?
(a) change in nature is sporatic and unpredictable
(b) nature is constantly changing
(c) nature does not change, or changes extremely slow
(d) nature changes quickly

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

5. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?
(a) they eat flower petals
(b) they eat tree roots
(c) they will eat the leaves off of trees
(d) they will eat anything small enough for it to capture - even tiny garter snakes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dillard believes that, with indifference, nature hides what?

3. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?

4. What is the literal act of seeing?

5. What does Dillard say about humans and change?

(see the answer key)

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