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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would the creature do after these periods of dormancy?
(a) Bustle about.
(b) Move a few inches.
(c) Roll over.
(d) Shed its skin.

2. When was Barbara Kingsolver's daughter Camille a handful?
(a) Her teenage years.
(b) Her first year.
(c) Her terrible twos.
(d) Her first years in school.

3. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Men would not let them into the workplace.
(b) Women were not educated.
(c) Men could support them.
(d) They were better at it than men.

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

5. What was the consequence of the librarian's relationship with Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Barbara Kingsolver learned to hate her hometown.
(b) Barbara Kingsolver learned to understand her parents' limitations and desires.
(c) Barbara Kingsolver saw beyond her hometown.
(d) Barbara Kingsolver could not stay in her hometown.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Barbara Kingsolver recruited by the librarian?

2. What evidence does Stephen Jay Gould say George Morton ignored in his measurements?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver join in the beginning of Essay 9: 'The Muscle Mystique'?

4. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?

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