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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 did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?
(a) Bride of Frankenstein.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) The creature from the Black Lagoon.
(d) Madame Curie.

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

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say worked against her in high school?
(a) Her religion.
(b) Her problems with language comprehension.
(c) Her looks.
(d) Her wardrobe.

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

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe the photos that represent her past, now that she's moved to Tucson?
(a) Perfect photos.
(b) Doctored photos.
(c) Artificial photos.
(d) Incomplete photos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian might have seen in her?

2. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?

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

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?

5. How long ago did Barbara Kingsolver vacation in the Bahamas?

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