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

2. How large might a root system for winter rye grass plant grow?
(a) a shallow system above ground spread for 15 acres
(b) 378 miles of roots and 6,000 miles of root hairs
(c) 65 miles of roots and 2,000 miles of root hairs
(d) one root that grows straight down for 100 yards

3. What did Dillard do at one time about insects as a child?
(a) shooed them out of the house before her mother could kill them
(b) killed bugs with carbon tetrachloride and then pinned them on labeled boards
(c) catch fireflies in glass jars to watch them glow
(d) watched them in the grass with a magnifying glass

4. How do ladybugs hibernate?
(a) ladybugs hide beneath the bark on trees
(b) ladybugs die off in winter
(c) ladybugs hibernate in large masses
(d) ladybugs hibernate under the roots of trees

5. What does Dillard believe is healing?
(a) soothing music
(b) flowing water
(c) sunshine
(d) white clouds in blue skies

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would Dillard say some trees are like body builders?

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

3. Dillard writes that she is an avid collector of what?

4. When Dillard raps on the goldfish bowl, what does the fish do?

5. According to Dillard, how is the past healed?

(see the answer key)

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