Question 1

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

How is the story about the caddisfly applicable to Dillard's obsession with the present?

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Question 2

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What does Dillard believe about flowing water?

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Question 3

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How does Dillard believe her time at Tinker Creek has helped her?

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Question 4

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How does Dillard relate the season, spring, to language?

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Question 5

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Why do you think this chapter could have been titled "Potential?"

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Question 6

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Dillard uses stories from the pre-modern Eskimo culture throughout this book. Why do you think she connects so strongly with this culture?

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Question 7

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How does Dillard relate the plankton to the Eskimo learning about Christianity and to herself?

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Question 8

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The first section of Chapter 8 is titled, "Intricacy." What might this title mean and how does Dillard's writing change to reflect this?

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Question 9

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How does Dillard muse on the "how" of creating?

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Question 10

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. What happens when Dillard tries to stay in the present?

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Question 11

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Kofi makes a very important decision on the last page of the book.what is it?

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Question 12

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Why do you think the story about the coot might be significant?

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Question 13

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In Chapter 3, what has the reader learned about Dillard's attitude towards living creatures?

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Question 14

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What might Dillard's fascination and stories about the praying mantis demonstrate?

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Question 15

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What is the story that Dillard relates about the Polyphemus moth and how does it show a possible origin of her attitude towards creatures?

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Question 16

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This Chapter is called "Fixed." What are some of Dillard's observations and thoughts that illustrate this title?

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Question 17

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How does Dillard feel about "shadows?" What does she write to show those feelings?

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Question 18

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This very brief chapter, "Untying the Knot," is about time. What does Dillard want time to be?

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Question 19

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What is the correlation Dillard sees between time and the search for God?

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Question 20

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The "Present", Chapter 6 is also about time, but a very specific part of it, the "now." What are some of Dillard's thoughts on being in the present?

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Question 21

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What is are augenblicks and how what does Dillard do with them?

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Question 22

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Question 23

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Question 24

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What is the problem with the starlings in Chapter 3? How does the town of Radford, Virginia deal with the starlings? Were they successful?

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Question 25

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