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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you remove the answer in question #86 from chlorophyll, you create a molecule of what?
(a) carbon dioxide
(b) chlorine gas
(c) water
(d) hemoglobin

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

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

4. Dillard writes that she is an avid collector of what?
(a) feathers
(b) strange insects
(c) facts and ideas
(d) snake skins

5. Why does the author think nature experiments with insects' shape, form and "niche?"
(a) because nature is still trying to figure out how to kill off the insects
(b) from boredom
(c) Dillard figures nature will try anything once
(d) to see which works best

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard believe the flood shows about nature?

2. What do the Eskimos do with the greens in their prey's stomach?

3. When Dillard raps on the goldfish bowl, what does the fish do?

4. How does the author say one can obtain "unself-conscious state?"

5. Dillard says the agnostic asks who created the universe. What does a believer ask?

(see the answer key)

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