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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 creature's reaction to Arizona?
(a) He was terrified.
(b) Confusion.
(c) He was unaware.
(d) He adjusted quickly.

2. How long ago did Barbara Kingsolver vacation in the Bahamas?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

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

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

5. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?
(a) He would not move for days on end.
(b) He would get very cold.
(c) He would not appear to breathe.
(d) He smelled like he was decaying.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe the photos that represent her past, now that she's moved to Tucson?

4. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?

5. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

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