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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?
(a) it was not real
(b) she realizes that the snake had turned parts of the skin inside out, making it appear as though the skin is in a knot
(c) it was not a snake but a long, skinny lizard
(d) it was alive

2. How does the author say one can obtain "unself-conscious state?"
(a) through intense exercise
(b) pure devotion to whatever one is doing at the moment
(c) through desperate illness
(d) through meditation

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

4. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
(a) because she believes to see she has to understand
(b) she knows that to discover and understand she must be able to see
(c) because she discusses the loss of sight
(d) because she has found out some blind people regain their sight

5. How do blind people who suddenly gain sight usually see objects at first?
(a) as patches of colored light
(b) as black and white
(c) as all gray
(d) as bigger than they really are

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?

2. Dillard believes that "weather overlaps" which causes what?

3. In Chapter 3, Dillard stalks a bird along the iced over creek. What kind of bird was it?

4. How does Dillard see time?

5. What does the author believe separates humans from their creator and humans from each other?

(see the answer key)

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