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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. Dillard wrote, "the present is fleet." What did she mean by this statement?
(a) the present goes by so quick one can barely glimpse it
(b) there is no present
(c) the present is like a group of ships
(d) the present is the future

2. What did Dillard do at one time about insects as a child?
(a) killed bugs with carbon tetrachloride and then pinned them on labeled boards
(b) catch fireflies in glass jars to watch them glow
(c) shooed them out of the house before her mother could kill them
(d) watched them in the grass with a magnifying glass

3. What does Dillard find out when she takes her first course in French?
(a) she realizes that she will have to learn French word by word
(b) it's more difficult than Spanish
(c) French sounds better than English
(d) she has no aptitude for languages

4. What does Dillard believe about nature and change?
(a) change in nature is sporatic and unpredictable
(b) nature is constantly changing
(c) nature does not change, or changes extremely slow
(d) nature changes quickly

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4 what does Dillard use for controlling garden insects?

2. How are Eskimos able to survive in such a harsh environment as theirs?

3. What did the animal in question #1 often leave on Dillard's nightgown?

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

5. What does Dillard suggest spring is about?

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