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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 does Barbara Kingsolver say Camille feels bad about being from a divorced home?
(a) When her mother is late to pick her up from school.
(b) When she wakes up in the night with nightmares.
(c) When mothers won't let their children play with her.
(d) When people say they feel bad for her.

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

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the mating ritual of the octopus?
(a) Loving.
(b) Accidental.
(c) Repetitive.
(d) Violent.

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. How do Barbara Kingsolver's meditations on private property relate to her thoughts about moving to Tucson?
(a) She was justifying the peace she gained by moving away from a commune.
(b) She was analyzing her desire to keep animals off her property.
(c) She was justifying having more than some of her neighbors.
(d) She wanted to allow as many creatures as possible to use her land.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?

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

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

5. What instrument was Barbara Kingsolver asked to play in a band?

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