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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dillard realize when she spoke to the local sheriff in Chapter 3?
(a) She loved running a ferryboat.
(b) She loved writing.
(c) She was a good, sane person.
(d) She was like one who worked in a factory all day.

2. Who once said that '..his firewood warmed him twice because he labored to cut his own'?
(a) James.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Joyce.

3. How long does it generally take to write a book?
(a) One to ten months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One to five years.
(d) Two to ten years.

4. What does Dillard say many people prefer to the written word?
(a) Life.
(b) Film.
(c) TV.
(d) Recordings.

5. Which poem did Dillard often read aloud?
(a) The Tower.
(b) Sea Hollly.
(c) The Comet.
(d) Miracles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once said, "Which is the work in which he hasn't surrendered, under dire difficulty, the best thing he meant to have kept"?

2. Whose poetry did Dillard usually read aloud when on a break?

3. What does Dillard have to say about appealing workplaces for writing?

4. What did Dillard learn about herself while talking with the sheriff in Chapter 3?

5. What happened in Bridgeport, Connecticut one morning in April, 1987?

(see the answer key)

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