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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. Even though she is no scientist, what did Dillard decide she will do in her valley?
(a) plant a flower garden
(b) she will explore her valley and report the unmapped frontiers
(c) raise sheep
(d) erect a new cabin

2. In Chapter 4 what does Dillard use for controlling garden insects?
(a) frogs
(b) praying mantises
(c) ladybugs
(d) bats

3. What is figurative seeing?
(a) watching the invisible
(b) seeing in dreams
(c) seeing with the inner eye and looking beyond outward appearances
(d) closing the eyes and seeing another world

4. In Chapter 3, Dillard stalks a bird along the iced over creek. What kind of bird was it?
(a) coot
(b) robin
(c) blue jay
(d) duck

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?

2. Why are starlings hated in the Tinker Creek area?

3. What is the translation of trompes-l' esprit ?

4. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?

5. How does Dillard visualize the present?

(see the answer key)

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