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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. Why would Dillard say some trees are like body builders?
(a) they keep adding to their limbs,
(b) they can hold up a lot of weight
(c) their body is so
(d) some trees are capable of splitting and lifting boulders weighing more than a ton

2. What does the author believe separates humans from their creator and humans from each other?
(a) indifference
(b) fear
(c) self-consciousness
(d) hate

3. In Chapter 9 Dillard is uneasy and hears what seems to be gunshots. What did she actually hear?
(a) a motorcycle
(b) firecrackers
(c) a garbage truck backfiring
(d) a cap gun

4. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
(a) because she believes to see she has to understand
(b) she knows that to discover and understand she must be able to see
(c) because she discusses the loss of sight
(d) because she has found out some blind people regain their sight

5. What are the "horns of the altar?"
(a) the four corners of an altar
(b) the center
(c) the part of the altar that holds the banner
(d) the edges

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think about the price of fish?

2. What makes birds harder to watch than insects?

3. How long can a horsehair worm grow?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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