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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of insects are parasites?

2. What could happen if the caribou migrate out of the Eskimo's range?

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

4. When Dillard scrapes the outer coating from a monarch's wing, what is left?

5. In Chapter 13, Dillard is still obsessed about nature. In what way?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Seeing," is the title of chapter two because the author realizes that in order to first discover and then understand, she must be able to see. What does Dillard mean by "seeing?" Is that different than "looking?" If you looked at an object would you call "seeing" it one thing and "looking" at it another? Why? What would the difference be?

Essay Topic 2

Chapter seven is about spring. Spring is not just a season to the author, but both a natural and metaphysical event. How does Dillard understand spring? How do the creatures she observes help form her opinion? Use one story she has written about spring and animals to illustrate your answer.

Essay Topic 3

One day while hiking, Dillard comes upon a coot, a water bird, notorious for its shyness. Dillard spends a great deal of space writing about her encounter with the coot. Describe the encounter and what Dillard thinks she learned from it.

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