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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. What is necessary in order for the the gooseneck barnacle to reproduce?
(a) it must find a certain type of seaweed to cling to
(b) it must find a wrecked ship not more than one-half mile down
(c) it must find water of an exact salinity
(d) it must find any piece of debris to cling to in the middle of the ocean

2. In Chapter 2, Dillard talks of a game she played where she would hide what?
(a) dimes and quarters
(b) pennies
(c) Raggedy Ann dolls
(d) Easter eggs

3. What is Dillard illustrating in her story about the Polyphemus moth from her childhood?
(a) kids are cruel
(b) she has a good memory
(c) the indifference humans often exhibit towards the natural world
(d) moths have to spread their weeks when born

4. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?
(a) the seeking of God is a continuous loop, which never ends
(b) God is everywhere but the best place to seek is in church
(c) Singing in the shower
(d) God is in nature

5. What percentage of insects are parasites?
(a) forty percent
(b) thirty percent
(c) five percent
(d) ten percent

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Dillard's main occupations in the winter?

2. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?

3. What does Dillard see as a passive mystery?

4. Dillard believes that, with indifference, nature hides what?

5. What does the author say the future is?

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