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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. How do Barbara Kingsolver's meditations on private property relate to her thoughts about moving to Tucson?
(a) She wanted to allow as many creatures as possible to use her land.
(b) She was justifying having more than some of her neighbors.
(c) She was analyzing her desire to keep animals off her property.
(d) She was justifying the peace she gained by moving away from a commune.

2. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?
(a) That her mother had died.
(b) That her book was getting good reviews.
(c) That her book would be published.
(d) That her mother was furious about the book she had written.

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

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver find out about the creature's spells of dormancy?
(a) They were a sign of culture shock.
(b) They were a result of poisoning.
(c) They were normal.
(d) They were a sign of illness.

5. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The need to walk upright.
(b) The need to communicate.
(c) The need to eliminate competitors for game.
(d) The need to wage war.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe herself when she was in high school?

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

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

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver think the creature was reacting to?

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