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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 did Laurence Steinberg study?
(a) The impact of various parenting techniques.
(b) The impact of children on parents' mental health.
(c) The process of setting boundaries for children.
(d) The non-verbal cues parents give children.

2. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?
(a) By shooting the animals.
(b) By getting used to animals in her garden.
(c) By trapping and relocating the animals.
(d) By enclosing her garden.

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the difference between mothering now and when she was a child?
(a) Mothers today are less likely to be head of the household.
(b) Mothers today are more likely to be teachers.
(c) Mothers today pay more attention to the children.
(d) Mothers today tend to work outside the home.

4. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?
(a) That genetics drives all of human existence.
(b) That morality is an evolutionary construct.
(c) That people have free will.
(d) That people are products of their environments.

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver think the creature was reacting to?
(a) Scents.
(b) Lunar cycles.
(c) Humidity.
(d) Winds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Camille told every day when she was four?

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

3. Where does Barbara Kingsolver say U.S. culture is going?

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

5. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?

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