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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. According to Dillard, the "simple" is transformed by evolution into what?
(a) animals
(b) the more complex and intricate
(c) trees
(d) human intellect

2. What do the Eskimos do with the greens in their prey's stomach?
(a) eat them
(b) throw them in the ocean
(c) feed them to their dogs
(d) they never look in the stomach

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

4. What does Dillard think is the reason for so many forms of insects?
(a) it is nature experimenting
(b) insects mutate easily
(c) they each specialize in something
(d) because they are hard to kill

5. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?
(a) they will eat anything small enough for it to capture - even tiny garter snakes
(b) they eat tree roots
(c) they will eat the leaves off of trees
(d) they eat flower petals

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Xerxes stop the advance of his entire army?

2. Even though she is no scientist, what did Dillard decide she will do in her valley?

3. According to Dillard, how is the past healed?

4. In Chapter 4 what does Dillard use for controlling garden insects?

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

(see the answer key)

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