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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. 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

2. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?
(a) it moves
(b) one's attention is focused on it
(c) the name of the object is known
(d) a light is turned on

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

4. How does Dillard visualize the present?
(a) as a wave that explodes over her head
(b) as a hawk soaring on the breeze
(c) as a hummingbird that stops for nectar
(d) as the middle of everything

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When moving towards a muskrat, how does one keep from scaring it?

2. What does Dillard say happens the moment you are aware of the present?

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

4. What causes most insects' behavior?

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

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