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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What omen accompanied Barbara Kingsolver's arrival in La Gomera?
(a) Migratory birds.
(b) Fine weather.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) A lunar eclipse.

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?
(a) A weekend away.
(b) Rain boots.
(c) A book.
(d) A stuffed animal.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian might have seen in her?
(a) Vulnerability.
(b) Potential.
(c) Danger.
(d) Genius.

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe herself when she was in high school?
(a) An egghead.
(b) A nerd.
(c) A socialite.
(d) A goody-goody.

5. Where did Barbara Kingsolver settle in her travels?
(a) Tenerife.
(b) Sardinia.
(c) Crete.
(d) Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Barbara Kingsolver's meditations on private property relate to her thoughts about moving to Tucson?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say people feel about children in the place where the family lived in Camille's fourth year?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver beg her parents for one Christmas?

4. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?

(see the answer key)

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