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

2. How long does it take a tree to recreate ninety-nine percent of its living parts?
(a) twenty-five years
(b) thirty days
(c) one year
(d) a lifetime

3. What about the creek creates healing sounds?
(a) the sound of fish jumping at dusk
(b) the sound of frogs jumping into the water
(c) the creek is sprinkled with large rocks, which enliven the water
(d) the lap of the water against the bank

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

5. How does Dillard think of Tinker Creek in the first chapter?
(a) that she'd rather live somewhere else
(b) as a scary, mysterious place
(c) as an anchor that keeps her steady in the current of life
(d) as a place that time forgot

Short Answer Questions

1. Thinking about God and nature, what does Dillard come to believe is possible?

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

3. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"

4. Where does Dillard makes a pilgrimage to every month?

5. How do humans insulate themselves from the present, according to the author?

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