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

2. Why did early Eskimos love winter?
(a) it is a time to use their sleds to visit other Eskimos
(b) the seals are easier to kill
(c) they like to celebrate winter soltice
(d) the whales are closer to shore

3. When Dillard is looking at a stream, where does she look?
(a) in the center of the water
(b) at the water going over the rocks
(c) on the north bank
(d) she always looks upstream

4. Dillard believes that few humans have been as cruel as what, in the natural world?
(a) bugs who eat their prey live
(b) hurricanes which kill plants and animals
(c) the female preying mantis
(d) sharks that will eat almost anything

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long can a horsehair worm grow?

2. How were Starlings are introduced to America from Europe?

3. What sport does the author play come spring?

4. What does Dillard see as a passive mystery?

5. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?

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