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

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

3. What does Dillard find out when she takes her first course in French?
(a) she has no aptitude for languages
(b) French sounds better than English
(c) it's more difficult than Spanish
(d) she realizes that she will have to learn French word by word

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

5. How large might a root system for winter rye grass plant grow?
(a) one root that grows straight down for 100 yards
(b) 378 miles of roots and 6,000 miles of root hairs
(c) 65 miles of roots and 2,000 miles of root hairs
(d) a shallow system above ground spread for 15 acres

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dillard is looking at a stream, where does she look?

2. What does Dillard believe about the death of the self?

3. Who does Dillard says stalk caribou herds for days?

4. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?

5. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?

(see the answer key)

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