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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. When Dillard becomes motionless in watching for a muskrat, what does she do?
(a) she holds her breath
(b) she breaths deep
(c) she sits
(d) she calms herself and sinks down into her center

2. What causes most insects' behavior?
(a) the structure of their exoskeleton
(b) external stimuli
(c) innate programming
(d) imitating parents

3. In Chapter 7 who gravitates towards the circle on the bottom of Dillard's fishbowl?
(a) a scavenger fish
(b) baby tadpoles
(c) light-loving plankton
(d) the biggest goldfish

4. According to Dillard, how is the past healed?
(a) by focusing on the future
(b) by ignoring it
(c) if one stays in the present, the past is healed
(d) by meditating on forgiveness

5. What does Dillard suggest spring is about?
(a) plants growing
(b) faith
(c) potential
(d) flowers blooming

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Dillard stalks a bird along the iced over creek. What kind of bird was it?

2. What does the author believe separates humans from their creator and humans from each other?

3. What does Dillard believe is destroyed in the flood?

4. In Chapter 13, the author is beginning to find a balance in her thinking about nature. What is that balance?

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

(see the answer key)

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