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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the consequence of the librarian's relationship with Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Barbara Kingsolver could not stay in her hometown.
(b) Barbara Kingsolver learned to understand her parents' limitations and desires.
(c) Barbara Kingsolver saw beyond her hometown.
(d) Barbara Kingsolver learned to hate her hometown.

2. 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 kids in her neighborhood made too much noise for her to write.
(c) When the crime in her area got so bad that she couldn't feel safe.
(d) When the prices for things got too high to afford a good lifestyle with her writing.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?
(a) Science projects.
(b) The history of feminism.
(c) Farming.
(d) Baking projects.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the creature do after these periods of dormancy?

2. What would Barbara Kingsolver wear to school?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver find on the Eagle Tail Trail?

5. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?

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