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

2. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?
(a) By trapping and relocating the animals.
(b) By enclosing her garden.
(c) By getting used to animals in her garden.
(d) By shooting the animals.

3. Where does Barbara Kingsolver live, in Tucson?
(a) A cabin.
(b) A barracks.
(c) A compound.
(d) A townhouse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would the creature do after these periods of dormancy?

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

4. What was the creature's reaction to Arizona?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?

(see the answer key)

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