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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) The creature from the Black Lagoon.
(c) Madame Curie.
(d) Bride of Frankenstein.

2. What development does Barbara Kingsolver describe as a survival tool people acquired 'in the beginning'?
(a) Religion.
(b) Science.
(c) Communication.
(d) Geology.

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

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say worked against her in high school?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her religion.
(c) Her wardrobe.
(d) Her problems with language comprehension.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbances does Barbara Kingsolver experience in Tucson?

2. How do Barbara Kingsolver's meditations on private property relate to her thoughts about moving to Tucson?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?

4. What did the library recruit Barbara Kingsolver for?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver think her creature might want to change?

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