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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 no longer matters
(c) it freezes
(d) it becomes the past

2. At a ranch, Dillard drew a horse. It wasn't a good picture. Others who lived at the ranch drew great horses. Why?
(a) they loved horses
(b) they knew all the bones and muscles of a horse
(c) they had a lot of practice drawing horses
(d) they were more artistic

3. Why did early Eskimos love winter?
(a) the whales are closer to shore
(b) they like to celebrate winter soltice
(c) it is a time to use their sleds to visit other Eskimos
(d) the seals are easier to kill

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

5. Why are starlings hated in the Tinker Creek area?
(a) they scare the children by flying around them
(b) they fly into houses and make nests
(c) they eat all the worms and leave the ground bare
(d) they are smelly, messy, and noisy

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dillard see time?

2. How do honey bees survive the cold of winter?

3. Why do birds sing?

4. What about the creek creates healing sounds?

5. How long can a horsehair worm grow?

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