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

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

3. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?
(a) they will eat anything small enough for it to capture - even tiny garter snakes
(b) they eat tree roots
(c) they eat flower petals
(d) they will eat the leaves off of trees

4. What does the author believe separates humans from their creator and humans from each other?
(a) indifference
(b) fear
(c) self-consciousness
(d) hate

5. What changes about the view around Dillard's home when winter comes?
(a) nothing changes about the view
(b) winter opens vistas around Dillard's home so she can see other homes
(c) the view looks stark and empty
(d) the snow covered trees block her view of the creek

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?

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

3. At a ranch, Dillard drew a horse. It wasn't a good picture. Others who lived at the ranch drew great horses. Why?

4. Why did Indians used grooved arrows?

5. What is Dillard illustrating in her story about the Polyphemus moth from her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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