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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of Dillard's first attempts at splitting wood in Chapter 3?
(a) Tiny wedges got chopped off.
(b) She cut herself with the axe.
(c) She missed the wood every time.
(d) She split fine logs.

2. How does society regard the writer, in Dillard's experience?
(a) WIth adulation.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With curiosity.
(d) With fear.

3. What method does Dillard say that she suspects many other people use to wind up in Bellingham, Washington?
(a) By sheer luck.
(b) By looking at an atlas.
(c) By reading Frommer's Guide.
(d) By talking to airplane pilots.

4. According to Glenn's story, what was Ferrar after in the water?
(a) A yellow and blue rowboat.
(b) His wife, June.
(c) An Alaskan cedar log.
(d) A large fish.

5. Who once said about writing, 'Know your own bone'?
(a) Ibsen.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Truitt.
(d) Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dillard relays a story about a cabdriver singing a boring song, why did the driver sing it twice?

2. What is the topic of an essay written by Dillard that she said she considers too obscure and too intellectual?

3. What did Dillard watch when the air show was over?

4. What did a Dinka believe his own memories and daydreams to be?

5. What does Dillard compare writing to in the first paragraph of the book?

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