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

2. How did private property develop, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) As a form of regulating marriage.
(b) As a way to regulate hunting.
(c) As a form of communication.
(d) As a form of preserving status of families.

3. Parents have to strike a balance between boundaries and what, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
(a) Blowouts.
(b) Browbeating.
(c) Blinding themselves to behavior.
(d) Bondage.

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize Camille's morning routine?
(a) Rebellious.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Lackadaisical.
(d) Apathetic.

5. Why does Barbara Kingsolver cringe when the evangelists urge women to take up housework?
(a) She knows that they will be trapped in it forever.
(b) She knows that the only path to self-fulfillment is through education.
(c) She knows that men will not always support them.
(d) She knows that religion is usually an obstacle to a woman's self-fulfillment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara Kingsolver find on the Eagle Tail Trail?

2. What did H. H. Goddard devise?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?

4. What was the problem with the education system in Barbara Kingsolver's hometown?

5. What omen accompanied Barbara Kingsolver's arrival in La Gomera?

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