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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) A lunar eclipse.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Fine weather.
(d) Migratory birds.

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

3. When was Barbara Kingsolver recruited by the librarian?
(a) Her junior year.
(b) Her senior year.
(c) Her sophomore year.
(d) Her freshman year.

4. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?
(a) That a woman has freedom to choose her sexual partners.
(b) That a marriage can remain intact through changes.
(c) That a woman can benefit by divorce.
(d) That a woman can be head of a household.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.
(b) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.
(c) That it was more important than is thought.
(d) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose loyalty does Barbara Kingsolver describe when she describes human loyalty?

3. What is the difference between men's and women's salaries after a divorce, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver expect would take her away from the band?

5. Why does Barbara Kingsolver cringe when the evangelists urge women to take up housework?

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