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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 say happens the moment you are aware of the present?
(a) you lose it
(b) it freezes
(c) it no longer matters
(d) it becomes the past

2. What does she realize is the best way to quiet her mind?
(a) by offering a nonchalant nod to the presence of words in the head
(b) taking a sleeping pill
(c) counting from 100 to zero backwards
(d) sitting quietly and breathing deeply

3. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?
(a) it was alive
(b) it was not real
(c) she realizes that the snake had turned parts of the skin inside out, making it appear as though the skin is in a knot
(d) it was not a snake but a long, skinny lizard

4. What sport does the author play come spring?
(a) tennis
(b) golf
(c) basketball
(d) softball

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the creek creates healing sounds?

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

3. What changes about the view around Dillard's home when winter comes?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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