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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. Where did Barbara Kingsolver live when Camille was four?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Spain.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Tucson.

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) The other players were not very good.
(d) She had not played in a long time.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.
(b) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.
(c) That it was more important than is thought.
(d) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.

4. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?
(a) That the state should subsidize all families with children.
(b) That parents should raise their own children.
(c) That parents need licensing.
(d) That children should be raised communally.

5. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Barbara Kingsolver's feelings about being a 'rock star'?

2. What was Horse Lick Creek threatened by, when Barbara Kingsolver visited?

3. What sound woke Barbara Kingsolver on her first morning in Cotonou?

4. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?

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

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