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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who set up Dillard's flight with Rahm?
(a) Jackson Pollock.
(b) Dick Smith.
(c) Paul Glenn.
(d) Ferrar Burn.

2. At the island on Haro Strait, why would a man overboard die within ten minutes?
(a) The channel made the water unswimmable.
(b) There were sharks.
(c) The whales were numerous.
(d) The water was very cold.

3. What does Dillard say that she found so appealing about a Danish aristocrat?
(a) His life of leisure.
(b) His ability to relax.
(c) His daily schedule.
(d) His title.

4. Who did Dillard see standing at the chess table in the Roanoke library one night?
(a) Her phantom opponent.
(b) The head librarian.
(c) The librarian's wife.
(d) A baby in a diaper.

5. Who said a long poem takes between five and ten years to write?
(a) Maya Angelou.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) John Berryman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dillard's only physical activity in the one-room log cabin on an empty beach?

2. What does Dillard describe as 'a net for catching days' in Chapter 2?

3. Oftentimes, what part of Dillard's work must be edited out?

4. When Dillard wrote in Roanoke, Virginia, what did she long for upon coming home after writing?

5. Which mountains did Rahm want to show Dillard in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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