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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dillard say is the driving force after reproduction in the animal kingdom?
(a) knowing God
(b) having a nice place to live
(c) protecting the young
(d) finding food

2. How does the author see the violence in the natural world?
(a) as a symbolic sacrifice
(b) as inevitable
(c) as something that needs changed
(d) as a mistake God made

3. How does Dillard see time?
(a) as an arrow through space
(b) as a maze of days
(c) as a continuous loop or an ascending spiral
(d) as being too long when waiting

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

5. Before a baby can distinguish objects, what kind does it prefer?
(a) ones that sparkle and shine
(b) ones that have moving parts
(c) complex designs over simple ones
(d) ones that have bright colors

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author think about the price of fish?

2. What does the author believe about the difference between abundant plant life and abundant insect life?

3. What did Dillard do at one time about insects as a child?

4. What does Dillard mean when she says she's willing to sacrifice a little blood in order to be "in the thick of things?"

5. How do mice reach the grain at the top of a stalk?

(see the answer key)

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