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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dillard believes that few humans have been as cruel as what, in the natural world?
(a) bugs who eat their prey live
(b) the female preying mantis
(c) hurricanes which kill plants and animals
(d) sharks that will eat almost anything

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

3. What percentage of insects are parasites?
(a) ten percent
(b) forty percent
(c) thirty percent
(d) five percent

4. What does Dillard believe about the death of the self?
(a) it is a type of transformation
(b) it is a part of life
(c) it is painless
(d) it would take a lifetime

5. Ultimately, at the end of the book, what is Dillard's overwhelming feeling?
(a) puzzlement
(b) joy
(c) anger
(d) depression

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard suggests that the physical world is "all touch and go." What does she mean by this?

2. When Dillard saw migrating Canadian geese fly, speeding across the duck pond, what did she think?

3. How large might a root system for winter rye grass plant grow?

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

5. Dillard says that if plants had emotions, she would applaud this:

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