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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. How large might a root system for winter rye grass plant grow?
(a) a shallow system above ground spread for 15 acres
(b) 65 miles of roots and 2,000 miles of root hairs
(c) one root that grows straight down for 100 yards
(d) 378 miles of roots and 6,000 miles of root hairs

2. Chlorophyll has a single atom of what substance in the center?
(a) hydrogen
(b) magnesium
(c) zinc
(d) carbon

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

4. Dillard sees so much in the natural world which seems paradoxical. Why?
(a) because half the day had sun, half did not
(b) because large trees would block the sun from smaller ones
(c) because the same plant could heal you or kill you
(d) she saw beauty side by side with horrors

5. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?
(a) upheaval and violence
(b) joy
(c) an endless tempest of beauty
(d) destruction and fear

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard writes that she is an avid collector of what?

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

3. Why did Indians used grooved arrows?

4. How much of life which has ever been created, is living at the present time?

5. How much impact on any of the creatures, mountains, or creek around her does the author think she has?

(see the answer key)

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