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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?
(a) The rhythm of visitors in Barbara Kingsolver's house.
(b) The rhythm by which the creature moved about.
(c) The threat that global warming would bring the ocean to Arizona.
(d) The rhythm of the creature's hunger and dormancy.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose after twenty years in Tucson?
(a) Her sense of her history.
(b) Her sense of exceptionalism.
(c) Her memory of her family.
(d) Her Kentucky accent.

5. 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 connections to her family.
(d) Her sense of lived history with her living family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?

2. What disturbances does Barbara Kingsolver experience in Tucson?

3. Where was Barbara Kingsolver's contraband creature discovered?

4. What had Barbara Kingsolver smuggled back to Arizona from the Bahamas?

5. How did private property develop, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

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