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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 does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian introduced her to?
(a) Librarians.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Other students.
(d) Literature.

2. 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.

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?
(a) Rain boots.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) A book.
(d) A weekend away.

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

5. What had Barbara Kingsolver smuggled back to Arizona from the Bahamas?
(a) A hermit crab.
(b) A cat.
(c) A starfish.
(d) A lizard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?

2. How long ago did Barbara Kingsolver vacation in the Bahamas?

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

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

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver beg her parents for one Christmas?

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