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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say happens to a woman's standard of living after a divorce?
(a) She has less time for herself and her kids.
(b) She becomes richer in non-material things.
(c) Increases.
(d) Declines.

3. What was Barbara Kingsolver fleeing from in the U.S.?
(a) Persecution.
(b) Crime.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Corruption.

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

5. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?
(a) That her book was getting good reviews.
(b) That her mother was furious about the book she had written.
(c) That her book would be published.
(d) That her mother had died.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe herself when she was in high school?

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

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?

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