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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dillard writes that she is an avid collector of what?
(a) facts and ideas
(b) snake skins
(c) feathers
(d) strange insects

2. Chlorophyll has a single atom of what substance in the center?
(a) hydrogen
(b) zinc
(c) magnesium
(d) carbon

3. Dillard says that if plants had emotions, she would applaud this:
(a) their kindness
(b) their willingness to live in harmony
(c) their ability to fly in the teeth of it all
(d) their ability to tolerate other life forms

4. How much of life which has ever been created, is living at the present time?
(a) 80 percent of all life ever created still exist
(b) about half
(c) around 45 percent
(d) about ten percent

5. Why would Dillard say some trees are like body builders?
(a) some trees are capable of splitting and lifting boulders weighing more than a ton
(b) they keep adding to their limbs,
(c) their body is so
(d) they can hold up a lot of weight

Short Answer Questions

1. How do ladybugs hibernate?

2. What does Dillard believe is healing?

3. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?

4. What does Dillard say is the driving force after reproduction in the animal kingdom?

5. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?

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