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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 does the animal in question #1 do to to get Dillard's attention?
(a) meows loudly
(b) knocks her glasses off onto the floor
(c) bats her leg with his paw
(d) jumps in through the open window and climbs on Dillard's chest

2. How do mice reach the grain at the top of a stalk?
(a) they wait for the farmer to cut the field
(b) they climb the stalk on the back of other mice
(c) they climb a tree and jump onto the stalk
(d) mice chew wheat stems piece by piece

3. What does Dillard find out about muskrats and humans?
(a) they're both nocturnal
(b) they both like water
(c) they eat the same foods
(d) if a muskrat is aware of human's presence, it will not appear

4. How does Dillard see time?
(a) as a maze of days
(b) as an arrow through space
(c) as a continuous loop or an ascending spiral
(d) as being too long when waiting

5. What is it about weather that Dillard believes is a phenomena worth writing about?
(a) talking about the weather is one of seven or eight phenomena worth discussing
(b) how often the modern weather predictions are wrong
(c) whether ancient people talked about the weather
(d) how often the modern weather predictions are right

Short Answer Questions

1. Ultimately, what does Dillard say about predators or parasites?

2. Silvery eels swim to the sea after eight years of maturing in obscure creeks and rivers. What happens to them at the sea?

3. When a scientist disrupted pine caterpillars' food trail, what happened?

4. What does the author see as somewhat synonymous with the creator, or God?

5. What does the author believe about the difference between abundant plant life and abundant insect life?

(see the answer key)

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