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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an Olympic gymnast hard put to do after a line of spins and stunts, according to Dillard?
(a) Focus his eyes.
(b) Throw his arms in the air.
(c) Keep from feeling faint.
(d) Keep his footing at the end.

2. What did Dillard ask Rahm to do when taking off from Stuart Island?
(a) A pirouette.
(b) A barrel roll.
(c) A hammerhead.
(d) A flat spin.

3. Where did Rahm crash his plane?
(a) In Jordan.
(b) At Stuart Island.
(c) In the Atlantic Ocean.
(d) In the Cascade Mountains.

4. Jack London maintained that every writer needs a technique, experience, and what else?
(a) An imagination.
(b) A pen.
(c) A certain personality.
(d) A philosophical position.

5. What does Dillard say many people prefer to the written word?
(a) Film.
(b) Life.
(c) Recordings.
(d) TV.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dillard, how do painters work as opposed to writers?

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

3. What did Dillard compare Rahm's plane to?

4. What does Dillard say that she believes may well be a writer's only firsthand experience?

5. What did Dillard watch when the air show was over?

(see the answer key)

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