View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dillard's fascination and stories about praying mantises demonstrate?
(a) she watches horror movies too
(b) both her fascination and revulsion of the world of nature
(c) she wants to change the way some things are
(d) she never saw insects before moving to Tinker Creek

2. Why does Dillard believe humans are vulnerable?
(a) because humans are gullible
(b) because humans are emotionally out of control
(c) because there is a lot of violence in the world
(d) because of how easy it is for death to find them

3. What does the author see as an active mystery?
(a) Tinker Creek
(b) whether there's life after death
(c) if the creek will ever get bigger
(d) whether it will rain that day

4. What does Dillard suggest spring is about?
(a) potential
(b) plants growing
(c) faith
(d) flowers blooming

5. Why does the author think nature experiments with insects' shape, form and "niche?"
(a) from boredom
(b) because nature is still trying to figure out how to kill off the insects
(c) Dillard figures nature will try anything once
(d) to see which works best

Short Answer Questions

1. How do ladybugs hibernate?

2. She claims the ability to see what is hidden is what?

3. How does Dillard see time?

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

5. How long does it take a tree to recreate ninety-nine percent of its living parts?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 298 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample