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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. When Dillard once wrote in a cinder-block cell, what scene did it overlook?
(a) Cape Cod bay.
(b) A strip mall.
(c) Mountains.
(d) A tar-and-gravel roof.

2. What was seen outside the carrel window in Roanoke when Dillard peeked outside the blinds?
(a) A May beetle.
(b) The parking lot.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Daylight.

3. What body of water did Dillard write near in Washington State?
(a) Port of Vancouver.
(b) Puget Sound.
(c) Strait of Georgia.
(d) The Columbia River.

4. What does Dillard say that she believes a writer should aim for when writing?
(a) The scraps of wood.
(b) The axe.
(c) The wood.
(d) The chopping block.

5. Why did Dillard feel that an author must visit her work every day?
(a) To reassert mastery over it.
(b) To hope it will get better.
(c) To feel sympathy for it.
(d) To be brave about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dillard's sentence ('He led him into the water') from the book she was working on during a northeaster sound to her?

2. What did a Dinka believe his own memories and daydreams to be?

3. When Dillard lacked sufficient energy for writing one morning in Chapter 3, what does she say she did to try and get it?

4. Where was Ferrar heading as he rowed against the current all night?

5. What question did Dillard ask Glenn that he answered with the story of Ferrar?

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