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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 does Barbara Kingsolver say was the priority in college?
(a) Education.
(b) Popularity.
(c) Status.
(d) Fashion.

2. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Men could support them.
(b) Men would not let them into the workplace.
(c) They were better at it than men.
(d) Women were not educated.

3. What other developments does Barbara Kingsolver say resulted from hunting?
(a) Tool making.
(b) Social structures.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Sacrifice.

4. What was uncommon about the beach where Barbara Kingsolver collected stones and shells?
(a) Black sand.
(b) Unique species of crabs.
(c) Tall waves.
(d) Pink sand.

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?
(a) Rain boots.
(b) A book.
(c) A weekend away.
(d) A stuffed animal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Camille told every day when she was four?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose after twenty years in Tucson?

3. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?

4. What is in stone soup?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say happens to a woman's standard of living after a divorce?

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