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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Barbara Kingsolver finally visit the Titan Missile Museum?
(a) An assignment.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Boredom.

2. Where did Barbara Kingsolver's creature live?
(a) An aquarium.
(b) A shoebox.
(c) A terrarium.
(d) A birdcage.

3. What were Barbara Kingsolver's friends doing in Africa?
(a) Doctors Without Borders.
(b) Teaching English.
(c) Missionary work.
(d) Peace Corps.

4. Why was Barbara Kingsolver sad when she collected mussels from Horse Lick Creek?
(a) The species was adapting to pollution and changing color.
(b) The species were overpopulating the creek.
(c) The species was dying out.
(d) The species was not a native species.

5. What period did Steinberg conclude was most trying or parents?
(a) Adolescence.
(b) The first two years of college.
(c) Terrible twos.
(d) The first year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

2. What other developments does Barbara Kingsolver say resulted from hunting?

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

4. Why were the Titan Missiles decommissioned, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver think her creature might want to change?

(see the answer key)

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