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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Barbara Kingsolver live, in Tucson?
(a) A barracks.
(b) A compound.
(c) A townhouse.
(d) A cabin.

2. Where is the Heard Museum?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Tucson.
(d) Tenerife.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she lacked in high school?
(a) Friends.
(b) Popularity.
(c) A belief system.
(d) Relations with adults.

4. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The need to communicate.
(b) The need to wage war.
(c) The need to walk upright.
(d) The need to eliminate competitors for game.

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the mating ritual of the octopus?
(a) Violent.
(b) Repetitive.
(c) Loving.
(d) Accidental.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman say about the African savannah?

2. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

3. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say could be purchased at Turner's General Store?

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