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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who watched Dillard chop wood every morning in Washington?
(a) Doe and Bob.
(b) Conrad and Brian.
(c) Small animals.
(d) Holly and Frederick.

3. When Dillard relays a story about a cabdriver singing a boring song, why did the driver sing it twice?
(a) It was a throw-away song.
(b) He wanted to bore the author.
(c) It had taken him a long time to get it right.
(d) He was stalling for time.

4. What was Dillard's only physical activity in the one-room log cabin on an empty beach?
(a) Walking a few feet from the bed to the desk.
(b) Jogging to her husband's cabin in the evening.
(c) Walking along the beach at low tide.
(d) Practicing yoga on the beach.

5. What is a writer compared to in Chapter 5?
(a) A moth flying into a flame.
(b) A boxer.
(c) An alligator wrestler.
(d) A tiger trainer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote, 'He goes because he must, as Galahad went towards the Grail; knowing that for those who can live it, this alone is life'?

2. When Dillard lacked sufficient energy for writing one morning in Chapter 3, what does she say she did to try and get it?

3. What did Dillard's study carrel in the Hollins College library overlook?

4. Finish this West African proverb from Chapter 2: "The beginning of wisdom is.."

5. What did Dillard do when she was upstairs in a house and she felt a tremor under her feet in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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