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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Dillard's thoughts, what words stopped Rebbe Shmelke from hearing his teacher?
(a) "The Lord spoke."
(b) "God bless you."
(c) "So be it."
(d) "Amen."

2. What did Dillard once describe a moth on a ship as doing?
(a) Losing altitude and drowning.
(b) Being stepped on by someone.
(c) Taking off before she could draw it.
(d) Taking flight like a hummingbird.

3. What is the finished work's relationship to the vision of it, as viewed by Dillard?
(a) A final draft compared to a second draft.
(b) Well-known passages compared to the vision filled in.
(c) Something new compared to an antique.
(d) Something unchanging compared to something temporal.

4. What does Dillard have to say about appealing workplaces for writing?
(a) They are to be avoided.
(b) The lovelier the scenery, the better.
(c) Bright yellow paint on the walls is best.
(d) Avoid drabness at all costs.

5. What did Dillard realize when she spoke to the local sheriff in Chapter 3?
(a) She loved writing.
(b) She was like one who worked in a factory all day.
(c) She loved running a ferryboat.
(d) She was a good, sane person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dillard learn about herself while talking with the sheriff in Chapter 3?

2. Whose poetry did Dillard usually read aloud when on a break?

3. What is the title of the Jack London book mentioned in Chapter 2?

4. Where, in Washington State, did Dillard beg a cabin in which to write?

5. What does Dillard say that she remembers seeing on the island at Haro Strait that made her weep on the shore in fear?

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