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

2. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?
(a) That her book would be published.
(b) That her book was getting good reviews.
(c) That her mother had died.
(d) That her mother was furious about the book she had written.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver allow her daughter to do, in their time together?
(a) Take the lead.
(b) Provide for her.
(c) Reverse their roles.
(d) Plan their outings.

4. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?
(a) That children should be raised communally.
(b) That parents should raise their own children.
(c) That the state should subsidize all families with children.
(d) That parents need licensing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?

3. For what occasion does Barbara Kingsolver say she bought an expensive, chic outfit?

4. What did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?

5. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?

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