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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. What does Dillard say that she remembers seeing on the island at Haro Strait that made her weep on the shore in fear?
(a) The island beach dropping to the ocean floor suddenly.
(b) A man out in a rowboat at night.
(c) A fire on Stuart Island.
(d) The sea in a winter storm.

2. What did Emily Dickinson love best in her writing?
(a) The glistening peritoneum.
(b) The ferns.
(c) Yo-yo tricks.
(d) A slant of light.

3. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?
(a) Looking for rare books on chess.
(b) Writing notes to a chess player.
(c) Spying on the head librarian.
(d) Playing chess with an unknown opponent.

4. What was knocking on the carrel window as Dillard worked in Roanoke?
(a) A June bug.
(b) Rain.
(c) A bat.
(d) Mosquitos.

5. What ended the chess game for Dillard in Chapter 2?
(a) The custodian wished to stop playing.
(b) She finished writing her book.
(c) The opponent scrambled the board up completely.
(d) The baby went home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dillard's thoughts, what words stopped Rebbe Shmelke from hearing his teacher?

2. What did Dillard notice most in the Washington cabin she wrote in?

3. Whose drawings and paintings did Dillard believe show his bewilderment and persistence?

4. Which religious sect did Dillard read about in the Virginia library?

5. According to Dillard, what kind of life is a life of sensation?

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