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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the "horns of the altar?"
(a) the part of the altar that holds the banner
(b) the four corners of an altar
(c) the center
(d) the edges

2. Dillard is sometimes allowed one brief glimpse of a creature. What does she call these glimpses?
(a) a gift of abundance
(b) pure good luck
(c) an act of fate
(d) her destiny

3. Fecundity could be defined as:
(a) wasteful of resources
(b) a type of fat
(c) always hungry
(d) prolific in offspring

4. Why did Indians used grooved arrows?
(a) it made them more accurate
(b) the hunter could follow the trail of blood that flows down the groove
(c) so they were lighter to carry around
(d) so they would fly farther

5. When Richmond loses electricity Dillard says something happened at the governor's mansion. What?
(a) the first floor is flooded
(b) one bulb in the governor's mansion continues to glow
(c) the basement is destroyed
(d) the security alarm quit working

Short Answer Questions

1. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?

2. What is one of Dillard's main occupations in the winter?

3. How does Dillard think of Tinker Creek in the first chapter?

4. What is the "Principle of Indeterminacy?"

5. How did Radford, Virginia decide to control their starling problem?

(see the answer key)

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