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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say people feel about children in the place where the family lived in Camille's fourth year?
(a) Disdain.
(b) Disregard.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Affection.

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

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

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the curriculum in her school?
(a) Uninteresting.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Illegitimate.
(d) Insufficient.

5. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?

2. What is the difference between men's and women's salaries after a divorce, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?

3. What is the purpose of revisionist history, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

4. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?

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