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

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

3. What does Dillard's fascination and stories about praying mantises demonstrate?
(a) she wants to change the way some things are
(b) both her fascination and revulsion of the world of nature
(c) she never saw insects before moving to Tinker Creek
(d) she watches horror movies too

4. What does Dillard say hinders people from experiencing the now?
(a) humans are always looking into the future
(b) being too aware of self, rather than the moment
(c) humans don't like to be in the now
(d) there is no now

5. 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) watched them in the grass with a magnifying glass
(c) killed bugs with carbon tetrachloride and then pinned them on labeled boards
(d) catch fireflies in glass jars to watch them glow

Short Answer Questions

1. When a scientist disrupted pine caterpillars' food trail, what happened?

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

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

4. What about the creek creates healing sounds?

5. What causes most insects' behavior?

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