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

2. How do blind people who suddenly gain sight usually see objects at first?
(a) as all gray
(b) as patches of colored light
(c) as bigger than they really are
(d) as black and white

3. How does Dillard think of Tinker Creek in the first chapter?
(a) as a place that time forgot
(b) that she'd rather live somewhere else
(c) as an anchor that keeps her steady in the current of life
(d) as a scary, mysterious place

4. Dillard wrote, "the present is fleet." What did she mean by this statement?
(a) the present is the future
(b) there is no present
(c) the present goes by so quick one can barely glimpse it
(d) the present is like a group of ships

5. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?
(a) there is no analogy between snakes and seasons
(b) snakes move depending on the season
(c) snakes shed skins in accordance with the seasons
(d) seasons are a continuous loop, just as she thought the snakeskin was

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dillard see time?

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

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

4. How do ladybugs hibernate?

5. In Chapter 4 what does Dillard use for controlling garden insects?

(see the answer key)

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