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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Washington writer, Charlie Butts, write fiction in order to gain momentum?
(a) He wrote while running mindless errands.
(b) He repeatedly left the house and wrote quickly upon return.
(c) He left every last written page in the middle of a sentence.
(d) He did not rise from his chair until writing 10 pages.

3. What did Dillard do one night in the rare book room of the Virginia library?
(a) Moved a white chess piece.
(b) Moved a black chess piece.
(c) Knocked over a chess board.
(d) Left the lights on all night.

4. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?
(a) Spying on the head librarian.
(b) Playing chess with an unknown opponent.
(c) Writing notes to a chess player.
(d) Looking for rare books on chess.

5. Under what circumstances did Rabbi Uri of Strelisk tell his family to dispose of his manuscripts?
(a) If writing became the death of him.
(b) If there was a risk of fire.
(c) If he should die on his way to prayers.
(d) If praying should kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poem did Dillard often read aloud?

2. Which author would walk through the hills for seven or eight hours on end without a hint of fatigue?

3. Why did Dillard write that 'People should not feed moralistic animals'?

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

5. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?

(see the answer key)

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