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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 think her creature might want to change?
(a) His atmosphere.
(b) His color.
(c) His 'uniform'.
(d) His feathers.

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

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

4. What does anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman say about the African savannah?
(a) That it was the place where human development was first tested.
(b) That it was the most important environment for human development.
(c) That it was the most hostile environment humans could have encountered at that stage of development.
(d) That it created a certain kind of human creature, but the development would have been different in other environments.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the curriculum in her school?

2. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?

3. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?

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

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?

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