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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author think about as she watches the flood waters?
(a) what the animals do in a flood
(b) the waters are very powerful
(c) surf's up
(d) the well won't run dry for a while

2. In Chapter 13, Dillard quotes Van Gogh. What did she quote?
(a) life is not pretty
(b) life is not art
(c) the important thing is to breathe
(d) it's important to see

3. What is the muskrat young called?
(a) a baby
(b) a kit
(c) a kitten
(d) a puppy

4. What is necessary in order for the the gooseneck barnacle to reproduce?
(a) it must find water of an exact salinity
(b) it must find any piece of debris to cling to in the middle of the ocean
(c) it must find a certain type of seaweed to cling to
(d) it must find a wrecked ship not more than one-half mile down

5. In Chapter 9 Dillard is uneasy and hears what seems to be gunshots. What did she actually hear?
(a) firecrackers
(b) a cap gun
(c) a garbage truck backfiring
(d) a motorcycle

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a towhee?

2. What does Dillard find out about muskrats and humans?

3. How does Dillard finally reconcile a kind, loving creator with the carnage she observes in the natural world?

4. In Chapter 13, Dillard spies a snake. What kind is it?

5. How did the Romans use the horns of the altar?

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