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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 would Barbara Kingsolver find on the sidewalk in front of her house before she moved to Tucson?
(a) Threats.
(b) Empty beer bottles.
(c) Pornographic images.
(d) Drug paraphernalia.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose when she moved to Tucson?
(a) Her sense of lived history with her living family.
(b) Her affection for her family.
(c) Her memory of her time with her family.
(d) Her connections to her family.

3. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?
(a) Write a short story.
(b) Make five days' pay.
(c) Balance the checkbook.
(d) Clean and launder.

4. Whose loyalty does Barbara Kingsolver describe when she describes human loyalty?
(a) Gang members.
(b) Sports fans.
(c) Husbands.
(d) Political subjects.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?
(a) Experience.
(b) Safety.
(c) Forgetfulness.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Barbara Kingsolver come from, to Arizona?

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

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the mating ritual of the octopus?

4. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?

5. What was the consequence of the librarian's relationship with Barbara Kingsolver?

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