2. According to Dillard, what kind of life is a life of sensation?
(a) A good life.
(b) A life spent reading.
(c) A life of spirit.
(d) A life of greed.

3. What did an inchworm search for in a panic in Chapter 1?
(a) A caterpillar.
(b) The next part of a blade of grass it was climbing.
(c) Its front legs.
(d) A way in which to lift its hind legs to its front legs.

4. What was seen outside the carrel window in Roanoke when Dillard peeked outside the blinds?
(a) A May beetle.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) Daylight.
(d) The parking lot.

5. In Dillard's thoughts, what words stopped Rebbe Shmelke from hearing his teacher?
(a) "God bless you."
(b) "Amen."
(c) "So be it."
(d) "The Lord spoke."

6. When a writer is stuck while writing a book, what does Dillard think he should do?
(a) Read books that are similar.
(b) Do crosswords to stimulate the brain.
(c) Nothing but think about it.
(d) Write, no matter what.

7. Where does the "line of words" go at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) To Houston, Texas.
(b) To the sun.
(c) Out past Jupiter.
(d) To Venus.

8. Oftentimes, what part of Dillard's work must be edited out?
(a) The dialogue.
(b) The typos and misspellings.
(c) The opening paragraph.
(d) The best-written part.

9. What does Dillard say that she feels a writer must do about feeling one's work in progress is either magnificent or abominable?
(a) Get the work critiqued.
(b) Celebrate or cry.
(c) Ask for help from readers.
(d) Ignore it and not indulge in the feeling.

10. When Dillard once wrote in a cinder-block cell, what scene did it overlook?
(a) Mountains.
(b) A tar-and-gravel roof.
(c) A strip mall.
(d) Cape Cod bay.

11. Dillard refers to writing as changing "..from an expression of your notions to an epistemological tool." What does epistemological mean?
(a) Surgical incision of the perineum during childbirth.
(b) Bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal.
(c) A philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge.
(d) Greek knowledge.

12. What question does Dillard say a writer must ask when considering random scenes that come to mind?
(a) Do I want to expose these scenes to the light?
(b) How many scenes do I need to write?
(c) Is writing the same as film exposure?
(d) Should I write everything I think of?

13. What does Dillard describe as 'a net for catching days' in Chapter 2?
(a) Clocks.
(b) Dreams.
(c) A schedule.
(d) A journal.

14. How did Dillard get into the library in Roanoke late at night?
(a) She had a key.
(b) She climbed in through a window.
(c) The door was never locked.
(d) She hid in the women's room when the door was locked.

15. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?
(a) An Algonquin woman.
(b) An Eskimo man.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A Native American woman.