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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Dillard get into the library in Roanoke late at night?
(a) She had a key.
(b) The door was never locked.
(c) She hid in the women's room when the door was locked.
(d) She climbed in through a window.

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

4. Dillard believes that some writers weaken their resolve to discard parts of their work. Why?
(a) People have told them it is too good to discard.
(b) It is too much work.
(c) They believe every word they write is too important to discard.
(d) The words have come to have a necessary quality.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dillard forget about a boiling teakettle and burn it?

2. What does Dillard say that she makes a pen drawing of in Chapter 2?

3. With what type of aid did Dillard once work in order to keep a project organized?

4. Why did Dillard momentarily feel she must quit writing in Chapter 3?

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

(see the answer key)

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