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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the "line of words" go at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) To Venus.
(b) To Houston, Texas.
(c) To the sun.
(d) Out past Jupiter.

2. How did Dillard's sentence ('He led him into the water') from the book she was working on during a northeaster sound to her?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Bright.
(c) Clunky.
(d) Rhythmical.

3. How do Tibetan lamas keep from floating away, as described in Chapter 5?
(a) They swim with the current.
(b) They wear chains.
(c) They walk very slowly.
(d) The meditate towards the destination.

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

5. Where did the pilot, Rahm, sit in the plane while flying?
(a) Toward the middle of the plane.
(b) At the tail end.
(c) At the plane's nose.
(d) He stood, mostly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a writer compared to in Chapter 5?

2. What was seen outside the carrel window in Roanoke when Dillard peeked outside the blinds?

3. When Dillard wrote in Roanoke, Virginia, what did she long for upon coming home after writing?

4. What did Dillard begin to learn about from watching Rahm?

5. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?

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