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

2. What does Dillard suggest spring is about?
(a) faith
(b) potential
(c) plants growing
(d) flowers blooming

3. What does the author believe about the difference between abundant plant life and abundant insect life?
(a) abundant insect life is healthier for the earth
(b) plants would be more abundant without insects
(c) insects will always outnumber plants
(d) the proliferation of plant life, does not disturb humans the way an overabundance of insects do

4. What is the translation of trompes-l' esprit ?
(a) trick of the mind
(b) tribulation preceeds victory
(c) till tomorrow
(d) triumph and agony

5. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?
(a) trying to think too much
(b) moving from what to why
(c) getting a little strange
(d) moving from logic to mysticism

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 5 Dillard writes about finding a snake. What appeared peculiar about the snake?

3. What does the author think about as she watches the flood waters?

4. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?

5. What is the muskrat young called?

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