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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. After the butterflies finally leave, how does the sky seem to the author?
(a) empty
(b) like normal
(c) big and never ending
(d) barren of color

2. What does Dillard believe is destroyed in the flood?
(a) the creek bed
(b) the plankton
(c) a beaver's dam
(d) the bee hives in the field

3. When Dillard saw migrating Canadian geese fly, speeding across the duck pond, what did she think?
(a) that it was time to get wood for the winter
(b) that she'd never seen so many large birds together
(c) that she has never witnessed such energetic movement
(d) that she should think about going south for the winter

4. Why does the author think nature experiments with insects' shape, form and "niche?"
(a) to see which works best
(b) Dillard figures nature will try anything once
(c) from boredom
(d) because nature is still trying to figure out how to kill off the insects

5. In addition to form and texture, what does the author believe influences beauty?
(a) time
(b) time of day
(c) color
(d) perception

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7 who gravitates towards the circle on the bottom of Dillard's fishbowl?

2. If there were only one tree in the world, what would happen, according to the author?

3. How does the author see the violence in the natural world?

4. What serves as a catalyst to ready the birds for migration?

5. Chlorophyll has a single atom of what substance in the center?

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