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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Dillard say some trees are like body builders?
(a) they keep adding to their limbs,
(b) they can hold up a lot of weight
(c) their body is so
(d) some trees are capable of splitting and lifting boulders weighing more than a ton

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

3. The balance enables her to think about the beauty without doing what?
(a) constantly remember the aspects of nature which she finds ugly
(b) wanting to move to a large city and never be in nature again
(c) making all of nature good
(d) making all of nature bad

4. What does Dillard see as the difference between a parasite and a predator?
(a) nothing they're both bad
(b) at least one has a fighting chance when up against a predator
(c) it's easier to pick out the predator
(d) the predator is more honest

5. What lures birds of all species out of their summer hiding places?
(a) a cold snap
(b) a cloudy day
(c) a wet rain
(d) seeds sprinkled on the ground

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the principle of indeterminacy invalidate?

2. What would Dillard suggest for food instead of creature eating creature?

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

4. After the butterflies finally leave, how does the sky seem to the author?

5. What does Dillard see as the price of life?

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