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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?
(a) she realizes that the snake had turned parts of the skin inside out, making it appear as though the skin is in a knot
(b) it was alive
(c) it was not a snake but a long, skinny lizard
(d) it was not real

4. What does the author think about as she watches the flood waters?
(a) what the animals do in a flood
(b) surf's up
(c) the well won't run dry for a while
(d) the waters are very powerful

5. In Chapter 14, Dillard quotes a fifth century Egyptian mystic as saying what?
(a) winter gives rest, as spring energy
(b) meditate outside and you will know the outside
(c) fall is the splash of color before the white of winter
(d) go and sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything

Short Answer Questions

1. Dillard believes that few humans have been as cruel as what, in the natural world?

2. Dillard thought once that awesome artistry can be laced with savagery. To what did she refer?

3. What does Dillard suggest spring is about?

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

5. Why did Xerxes stop the advance of his entire army?

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