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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Romans use the horns of the altar?
(a) to tie their goats to which worshipping
(b) to kill geese with
(c) they'd grasp the horns and swear by them
(d) used to move the altar

2. What does the author think about the price of fish?
(a) the price is high due to overfishing
(b) they're a cheap source of protein
(c) they cost more than beef
(d) fish are free for anyone to gather from the waters

3. What could happen if the caribou migrate out of the Eskimo's range?
(a) remote Eskimo tribes can starve
(b) they won't get culled and will overpopulate
(c) the polar bears will follow the herds
(d) the Eskimos won't have enough fur for coats

4. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?
(a) the female is bigger and stronger and makes him
(b) the male is born to be the mate of a certain femal
(c) the females have a long, whip-like appendage that grabs the male
(d) he has a chemical in his abdomen that encourages him

5. When a scientist disrupted pine caterpillars' food trail, what happened?
(a) the caterpillars could not restart a new trail
(b) they turned around and followed their trail back home
(c) half of caterpillars made a new trail off to the right
(d) they stopped, and stayed still until they died

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard see as a passive mystery?

2. When Dillard saw migrating Canadian geese fly, speeding across the duck pond, what did she think?

3. Where does Dillard makes a pilgrimage to every month?

4. The development of science leads to what, according to the author?

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

(see the answer key)

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