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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which religious sect did Dillard read about in the Virginia library?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Hasidism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Catholicism.

2. Where, in Washington State, did Dillard beg a cabin in which to write?
(a) On Herron Island.
(b) On Snake River.
(c) On Haro Strait.
(d) Boundary Pass.

3. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) James Patterson.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

4. What happened in Bridgeport, Connecticut one morning in April, 1987?
(a) A writer was killed.
(b) The author sustained a hairline fracture.
(c) A Rabbi went to prayers.
(d) A building collapsed.

5. With what type of aid did Dillard once work in order to keep a project organized?
(a) Two computers going at once.
(b) A twenty-foot conference table.
(c) A fax machine.
(d) A paper sorter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does society regard the writer, in Dillard's experience?

2. When Dillard once wrote in a cinder-block cell, what scene did it overlook?

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

4. What did Dillard once describe a moth on a ship as doing?

5. Oftentimes, what part of Dillard's work must be edited out?

(see the answer key)

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