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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. In Chapter 14, what have arrived in swarm from the Hudson Bay area?
(a) lunar moths
(b) sparrows
(c) monarch butterflies
(d) house wrens

2. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
(a) because she believes to see she has to understand
(b) because she discusses the loss of sight
(c) she knows that to discover and understand she must be able to see
(d) because she has found out some blind people regain their sight

3. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?
(a) moving from what to why
(b) trying to think too much
(c) getting a little strange
(d) moving from logic to mysticism

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Eskimos believe it is a great honor to be incarnated as what?

2. Why are starlings hated in the Tinker Creek area?

3. Who does Dillard think gravitates towards the field of botany?

4. How do honey bees survive the cold of winter?

5. What does the animal in question #1 do to to get Dillard's attention?

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