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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?
(a) Writing notes to a chess player.
(b) Looking for rare books on chess.
(c) Playing chess with an unknown opponent.
(d) Spying on the head librarian.

4. What question did Dillard ask Glenn that he answered with the story of Ferrar?
(a) How far it was to Fishery Point.
(b) What the weather was like now.
(c) How his work was going.
(d) How the waters were.

5. What does Dillard say that she believes may well be a writer's only firsthand experience?
(a) Travel.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Friendships.
(d) College.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the finished work's relationship to the vision of it, as viewed by Dillard?

2. When Dillard left her cabin for home in Chapter 5 during a northeaster, how was she feeling, walking down the beach?

3. What is needed in the world more than another excellent manuscript, as far as Dillard is concerned?

4. Who did Dillard's neighbor, Glenn, tell her about when she returned to the island in late June?

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

(see the answer key)

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