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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. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?
(a) When the race tensions in her area made life dangerous for her.
(b) When the crime in her area got so bad that she couldn't feel safe.
(c) When the prices for things got too high to afford a good lifestyle with her writing.
(d) When the kids in her neighborhood made too much noise for her to write.

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

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say Wilson ignores?
(a) Modern social forces.
(b) Natural forces.
(c) Environmental influences on behavior.
(d) Genetic influences.

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe the photos that represent her past, now that she's moved to Tucson?
(a) Perfect photos.
(b) Artificial photos.
(c) Incomplete photos.
(d) Doctored photos.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of musical training had Barbara Kingsolver had?

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

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

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