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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dillard watch when the air show was over?
(a) An airplane in the skies.
(b) Rahm walking away.
(c) A stunt swallow.
(d) Cars in an auto show.

2. Referring to a new idea, who said, 'Cheep--and all at once there it is'?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Boehme.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Wilder.

3. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?
(a) An Algonquin woman.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) An Eskimo man.
(d) A Native American woman.

4. What event did Dillard attend in 1975, in Chapter 7?
(a) The San Juan Air Show.
(b) The Puget Sound Car Show.
(c) The Bellingham Air Show.
(d) The Iowa Writers' Conference.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard describe as 'a net for catching days' in Chapter 2?

2. What sport did Dillard play with a boys' music camp?

3. Who once said that '..his firewood warmed him twice because he labored to cut his own'?

4. How does Dillard say that she defines the life of the writer in Chapter 3?

5. What was the mountain called in Chapter 7 that had two jagged peaks, red from iron?

(see the answer key)

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