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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dillard left her cabin for home in Chapter 5 during a northeaster, how was she feeling, walking down the beach?
(a) Bright and alive.
(b) Blurry-eyed.
(c) Light and dizzy.
(d) Dead-like.

2. What action figure did Dillard compare Rahm to?
(a) Indiana Jones.
(b) G.I. Joe.
(c) Spider-Man.
(d) Batman.

3. What did a Dinka believe his own memories and daydreams to be?
(a) External to himself.
(b) The meaning of life.
(c) Psychologically important.
(d) An extension of himself.

4. Whose drawings and paintings did Dillard believe show his bewilderment and persistence?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Gaugan.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Giacometti.

5. Which field of study did Rahm begin his schooling in?
(a) Geography.
(b) Geology.
(c) Aerodynamics.
(d) Mountaineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dillard realize when she spoke to the local sheriff in Chapter 3?

2. What happened in Bridgeport, Connecticut one morning in April, 1987?

3. What does the novel as a form usually represent, according to Dillard?

4. How did Dillard get into the library in Roanoke late at night?

5. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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