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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. What does Dillard see as a passive mystery?
(a) the mountains around her
(b) if her brother would enjoy life in Tinker Creek
(c) if there are fish in the creek
(d) if nature is benign

2. What do the Eskimos do with the greens in their prey's stomach?
(a) throw them in the ocean
(b) feed them to their dogs
(c) eat them
(d) they never look in the stomach

3. Chlorophyll has a single atom of what substance in the center?
(a) carbon
(b) zinc
(c) magnesium
(d) hydrogen

4. Dillard writes that she is an avid collector of what?
(a) feathers
(b) facts and ideas
(c) strange insects
(d) snake skins

5. Dillard thought once that awesome artistry can be laced with savagery. To what did she refer?
(a) when her tomcat bit the head off a mouse
(b) when she watched sharks tear into a school of fish
(c) when ants attacked a lady bug
(d) when a thunderstorm blew down a tree

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard say happens the moment you are aware of the present?

2. In Alaska and northern Canada during winter what is a topic of continual fascination?

3. Thinking about God and nature, what does Dillard come to believe is possible?

4. Why did early Eskimos love winter?

5. Before a baby can distinguish objects, what kind does it prefer?

(see the answer key)

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