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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 Dillard see as a passive mystery?
(a) if there are fish in the creek
(b) the mountains around her
(c) if her brother would enjoy life in Tinker Creek
(d) if nature is benign

2. How do humans insulate themselves from the present, according to the author?
(a) by wearing clothes appropriate to the weather
(b) by blocking out the past
(c) by lying to themselves and others
(d) by continuously reviewing images of the past and future in their minds

3. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
(a) because she discusses the loss of sight
(b) she knows that to discover and understand she must be able to see
(c) because she believes to see she has to understand
(d) because she has found out some blind people regain their sight

4. According to Dillard, how is the past healed?
(a) if one stays in the present, the past is healed
(b) by meditating on forgiveness
(c) by focusing on the future
(d) by ignoring it

5. What about the creek creates healing sounds?
(a) the lap of the water against the bank
(b) the creek is sprinkled with large rocks, which enliven the water
(c) the sound of frogs jumping into the water
(d) the sound of fish jumping at dusk

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard's fascination and stories about praying mantises demonstrate?

2. When Dillard is looking at a stream, where does she look?

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

4. What does Dillard say happens the moment you are aware of the present?

5. What is it about weather that Dillard believes is a phenomena worth writing about?

(see the answer key)

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