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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver think her creature might want to change?
(a) His color.
(b) His feathers.
(c) His 'uniform'.
(d) His atmosphere.

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

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?
(a) Forgetfulness.
(b) Experience.
(c) Peace.
(d) Safety.

4. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?
(a) That parents need licensing.
(b) That children should be raised communally.
(c) That parents should raise their own children.
(d) That the state should subsidize all families with children.

5. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?
(a) The rhythm of visitors in Barbara Kingsolver's house.
(b) The threat that global warming would bring the ocean to Arizona.
(c) The rhythm by which the creature moved about.
(d) The rhythm of the creature's hunger and dormancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?

2. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

3. What question did Barbara Kingsolver dislike having to answer?

4. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she had to let her daughter do?

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