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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event did Dillard attend in 1975, in Chapter 7?
(a) The Bellingham Air Show.
(b) The San Juan Air Show.
(c) The Puget Sound Car Show.
(d) The Iowa Writers' Conference.

2. What animal, according to Dillard, is an analogy for characters in a writer's book "taking over"?
(a) A shark.
(b) The lion.
(c) The caterpillar.
(d) The sea star.

3. What is the topic of an essay written by Dillard that she said she considers too obscure and too intellectual?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) A moth.
(c) Lions.
(d) A mustang.

4. Where did the pilot, Rahm, sit in the plane while flying?
(a) At the plane's nose.
(b) At the tail end.
(c) He stood, mostly.
(d) Toward the middle of the plane.

5. What damage did the Smith-Corona typewriter do in Chapter 4?
(a) The curtains were set on fire.
(b) The table the typewriter was on collapsed.
(c) The rug got damaged.
(d) The writer's shirt was burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said that 'All virtue is a form of acting'?

2. How did Rahm believe one can get a better feel for a mountain's power?

3. When a writer is stuck while writing a book, what does Dillard think he should do?

4. Where did Rahm crash his plane?

5. What did Dillard notice most in the Washington cabin she wrote in?

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