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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dillard wrote, "the present is fleet." What did she mean by this statement?
(a) there is no present
(b) the present is the future
(c) the present goes by so quick one can barely glimpse it
(d) the present is like a group of ships

2. Where does Dillard makes a pilgrimage to every month?
(a) the the local church
(b) the island that bisects Tinker Creek
(c) to visit her mother in another state
(d) the small town a few miles away

3. Even though she is no scientist, what did Dillard decide she will do in her valley?
(a) raise sheep
(b) she will explore her valley and report the unmapped frontiers
(c) erect a new cabin
(d) plant a flower garden

4. What does Dillard find out when she takes her first course in French?
(a) she has no aptitude for languages
(b) French sounds better than English
(c) it's more difficult than Spanish
(d) she realizes that she will have to learn French word by word

5. What would Dillard term passive pursuit of animals?
(a) going on a camera safari
(b) watching Animal Planet
(c) going to a zoo
(d) watching animals from the bridge over the creek

Short Answer Questions

1. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?

2. What does Dillard suggest is a similarity between her and plankton?

3. What does the author see as an active mystery?

4. When a scientist disrupted pine caterpillars' food trail, what happened?

5. What is Dillard illustrating in her story about the Polyphemus moth from her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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