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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. Who was in this band with Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Her father.
(b) Another author.
(c) Her neighbor.
(d) A boyfriend.

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver compare the U.S. to other countries in terms of education?
(a) Other countries' students are not as developed as American students.
(b) American students score higher than other countries' students in all categories.
(c) Other countries spend more on education than the U.S. does.
(d) Other countries' students are more advanced than American students.

3. What is the difference between men's and women's salaries after a divorce, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?
(a) The women's goes up.
(b) The men's goes up more quickly.
(c) The women's goes down faster than the men's go up.
(d) The men's goes up.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose after twenty years in Tucson?
(a) Her sense of exceptionalism.
(b) Her Kentucky accent.
(c) Her memory of her family.
(d) Her sense of her history.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say people feel about children in the place where the family lived in Camille's fourth year?
(a) Affection.
(b) Disregard.
(c) Disdain.
(d) Indifference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?

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

3. What omen accompanied Barbara Kingsolver's arrival in La Gomera?

4. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say is society's responsibility in regard to children?

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