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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. In Chapter 2, Dillard talks of a game she played where she would hide what?
(a) Raggedy Ann dolls
(b) dimes and quarters
(c) Easter eggs
(d) pennies

2. How do praying mantises mate?
(a) the female lays eggs and the male comes by and fertilizes them
(b) they mate like people
(c) the male kills the female when done and takes over the eggs
(d) A female will mate and devour up to seven male mantises

3. What does Dillard's fascination and stories about praying mantises demonstrate?
(a) she never saw insects before moving to Tinker Creek
(b) both her fascination and revulsion of the world of nature
(c) she wants to change the way some things are
(d) she watches horror movies too

4. What does Dillard say can be as blinding as complete darkness?
(a) a mind that is closed
(b) a full moon at midnight
(c) too much light
(d) some camp lanterns

5. How do mice reach the grain at the top of a stalk?
(a) they wait for the farmer to cut the field
(b) mice chew wheat stems piece by piece
(c) they climb a tree and jump onto the stalk
(d) they climb the stalk on the back of other mice

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard wrote, "the present is fleet." What did she mean by this statement?

2. In Chapter 4 what does Dillard use for controlling garden insects?

3. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?

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

5. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?

(see the answer key)

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