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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 Iowa Writers' Conference.
(c) The San Juan Air Show.
(d) The Puget Sound Car Show.

2. As explained by Dillard in Chapter 1, what must be done to a piece of writing after the first draft is finished?
(a) You must strike it with a hammer.
(b) Nothing; it is done.
(c) It must be mercilessly edited.
(d) Delete just a few sentences.

3. Where did Rahm crash his plane?
(a) In the Atlantic Ocean.
(b) In the Cascade Mountains.
(c) At Stuart Island.
(d) In Jordan.

4. What, on Mount Baker, did the geographer with Rahm and Dillard want to see?
(a) The fissure.
(b) The peak.
(c) The glaciers.
(d) The green crevices.

5. What does Dillard say many people prefer to the written word?
(a) TV.
(b) Recordings.
(c) Film.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Dillard say that she thinks happens to something, such as a writing idea, that you do not give up freely and abundantly?

3. What does Dillard say that she found so appealing about a Danish aristocrat?

4. Why did Rahm practice acrobatic flights over the Bellingham shores?

5. Who did Dillard see standing at the chess table in the Roanoke library one night?

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