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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even though she is no scientist, what did Dillard decide she will do in her valley?
(a) plant a flower garden
(b) raise sheep
(c) erect a new cabin
(d) she will explore her valley and report the unmapped frontiers

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

3. Dillard sees so much in the natural world which seems paradoxical. Why?
(a) because half the day had sun, half did not
(b) because the same plant could heal you or kill you
(c) she saw beauty side by side with horrors
(d) because large trees would block the sun from smaller ones

4. What does Dillard believe about nature and change?
(a) change in nature is sporatic and unpredictable
(b) nature does not change, or changes extremely slow
(c) nature is constantly changing
(d) nature changes quickly

5. What does the author see as an active mystery?
(a) whether it will rain that day
(b) if the creek will ever get bigger
(c) whether there's life after death
(d) Tinker Creek

Short Answer Questions

1. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?

2. What is figurative seeing?

3. Why did Indians used grooved arrows?

4. What does Dillard say about humans and change?

5. What is Dillard illustrating in her story about the Polyphemus moth from her childhood?

(see the answer key)

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