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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does she realize is the best way to quiet her mind?
(a) sitting quietly and breathing deeply
(b) taking a sleeping pill
(c) counting from 100 to zero backwards
(d) by offering a nonchalant nod to the presence of words in the head

2. How did Radford, Virginia decide to control their starling problem?
(a) putting out poisoned seed
(b) by spraying them with foam, so they would die of exposure
(c) bringing in a population of Maine bird cats
(d) enclosing large nets around their area

3. She claims the ability to see what is hidden is what?
(a) a piece of luck
(b) fate
(c) a special talent
(d) a gift

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

5. What does the author believe about acts of physical courage?
(a) they are heroic
(b) they are energizing
(c) men do them more than women
(d) they can tire you out

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard opens this first chapter remembering this animal.

2. What changes about the view around Dillard's home when winter comes?

3. In Chapter 5 Dillard writes about finding a snake. What appeared peculiar about the snake?

4. At a ranch, Dillard drew a horse. It wasn't a good picture. Others who lived at the ranch drew great horses. Why?

5. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?

(see the answer key)

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