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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. How do ladybugs hibernate?
(a) ladybugs hibernate under the roots of trees
(b) ladybugs die off in winter
(c) ladybugs hide beneath the bark on trees
(d) ladybugs hibernate in large masses

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

3. How do mice reach the grain at the top of a stalk?
(a) they climb the stalk on the back of other mice
(b) they wait for the farmer to cut the field
(c) they climb a tree and jump onto the stalk
(d) mice chew wheat stems piece by piece

4. Dillard opens this first chapter remembering this animal.
(a) an old tomcat that she used to have
(b) a poodle that lived down the street from her
(c) an alligator she saw in the zoo
(d) a robin whose nest fell from the tree

5. What does Dillard say can be as blinding as complete darkness?
(a) too much light
(b) a full moon at midnight
(c) a mind that is closed
(d) some camp lanterns

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes most insects' behavior?

2. How do praying mantises mate?

3. Dillard wrote, "the present is fleet." What did she mean by this statement?

4. Dillard sees so much in the natural world which seems paradoxical. Why?

5. What does the animal in question #1 do to to get Dillard's attention?

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