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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 Barbara Kingsolver beg her parents for one Christmas?
(a) A radio.
(b) To move.
(c) Go-go boots.
(d) A horse.

2. When was Barbara Kingsolver recruited by the librarian?
(a) Her senior year.
(b) Her junior year.
(c) Her sophomore year.
(d) Her freshman year.

3. What disturbances does Barbara Kingsolver experience in Tucson?
(a) Juvenile delinquents.
(b) Police sirens.
(c) Military jets overhead.
(d) Wooly pigs.

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

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?
(a) Donuts.
(b) Seashells.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Peanuts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?

2. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

3. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?

4. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?

5. What would Barbara Kingsolver find on the sidewalk in front of her house before she moved to Tucson?

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