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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would Dillard say some trees are like body builders?
(a) they can hold up a lot of weight
(b) their body is so
(c) they keep adding to their limbs,
(d) some trees are capable of splitting and lifting boulders weighing more than a ton

2. What does Dillard see as a passive mystery?
(a) the mountains around her
(b) if her brother would enjoy life in Tinker Creek
(c) if nature is benign
(d) if there are fish in the creek

3. When Dillard becomes motionless in watching for a muskrat, what does she do?
(a) she holds her breath
(b) she breaths deep
(c) she calms herself and sinks down into her center
(d) she sits

4. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?
(a) they are packed in soil and water
(b) they are shipped in the spring, the nests are shipped in one piece
(c) captured in nets and sedated with alcohol
(d) the hibernating bugs are packed in boxes of pine cones

5. According to Dillard, how is the past healed?
(a) by meditating on forgiveness
(b) if one stays in the present, the past is healed
(c) by ignoring it
(d) by focusing on the future

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say the future is?

2. What would Dillard term passive pursuit of animals?

3. What does Dillard find out about muskrats and humans?

4. What does Dillard say hinders people from experiencing the now?

5. Where does Dillard makes a pilgrimage to every month?

(see the answer key)

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