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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say worked against her in high school?
(a) Her wardrobe.
(b) Her looks.
(c) Her problems with language comprehension.
(d) Her religion.

3. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?
(a) That people are products of their environments.
(b) That morality is an evolutionary construct.
(c) That people have free will.
(d) That genetics drives all of human existence.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say is society's responsibility in regard to children?
(a) To feed and clothe them.
(b) To help them reach their dreams.
(c) To participate in their care.
(d) To get them through high school.

5. What was the consequence of the librarian's relationship with Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Barbara Kingsolver could not stay in her hometown.
(b) Barbara Kingsolver learned to hate her hometown.
(c) Barbara Kingsolver saw beyond her hometown.
(d) Barbara Kingsolver learned to understand her parents' limitations and desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are children difficult in the developmental stage Camille was in?

2. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?

4. What myth does Barbara Kingsolver say is starting to be exposed?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she lacked in high school?

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