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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say the future is?
(a) baby birds who have just hatched
(b) a wind coming from the east
(c) light on the water and a spirit
(d) a cricket's song on a sultry night

2. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?
(a) the females have a long, whip-like appendage that grabs the male
(b) the male is born to be the mate of a certain femal
(c) he has a chemical in his abdomen that encourages him
(d) the female is bigger and stronger and makes him

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

4. 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) mice chew wheat stems piece by piece
(d) they climb a tree and jump onto the stalk

5. Where does Dillard makes a pilgrimage to every month?
(a) to visit her mother in another state
(b) the small town a few miles away
(c) the island that bisects Tinker Creek
(d) the the local church

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Xerxes stop the advance of his entire army?

2. How did Radford, Virginia decide to control their starling problem?

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

4. What does Dillard say can be as blinding as complete darkness?

5. Why does the author think nature experiments with insects' shape, form and "niche?"

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