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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. What does Barbara Kingsolver think about after her discovery?
(a) Time and change.
(b) Modern necessities.
(c) Life and death.
(d) Birth and aging.

2. Why was Barbara Kingsolver reluctant to join the band?
(a) She didn't have time for all the rehearsing.
(b) She didn't want to embarrass herself.
(c) She had not played in a long time.
(d) The other players were not very good.

3. What animal went extinct in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?
(a) Mongoose.
(b) Dodo bird.
(c) Passenger pigeon.
(d) Komodo dragon.

4. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Women were not educated.
(b) Men would not let them into the workplace.
(c) Men could support them.
(d) They were better at it than men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say worked against her in high school?

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver want her daughter to learn at the Heard Museum?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?

4. How was Barbara Kingsolver greeted in Africa?

5. Where is the Heard Museum?

(see the answer key)

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