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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Believing natural disasters were sent by God is an example of what?
(a) having faith
(b) not understanding God
(c) applying a spiritual interpretation to a natural phenomenon
(d) not having a good science background

2. What is a towhee?
(a) a type of domesticated parrot
(b) a type of large rodent
(c) a large bird
(d) a brown and red snake

3. How does Dillard finally reconcile a kind, loving creator with the carnage she observes in the natural world?
(a) by reinterpreting the meaning of death
(b) by putting it out of her mind
(c) by realizing there is no creator
(d) by realizing she's not smart enough to understand

4. What is the "Principle of Indeterminacy?"
(a) one can not know both the velocity and the position of a particle
(b) it is not possible to determine the sex of a baby muskrat
(c) one cannot know how far a star is by looking at it
(d) the time of day cannot be determined from looking at the sky

5. What does the principle of indeterminacy invalidate?
(a) the notion of cause and effect
(b) that the moon causes the tides
(c) that hummingbirds can sit still
(d) that light travels in a circle

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Eskimos do with the greens in their prey's stomach?

2. When moving towards a muskrat, how does one keep from scaring it?

3. What does the author see as somewhat synonymous with the creator, or God?

4. How did early man view locusts?

5. When a mosquito bites a snake, what happens?

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