View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say worked against her in high school?
(a) Her looks.
(b) Her problems with language comprehension.
(c) Her religion.
(d) Her wardrobe.

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her physique?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Lanky.
(c) Athletic.
(d) Weak.

3. Why couldn't Barbara Kingsolver refuse to go on book tour?
(a) No one would know who she was.
(b) She would have gained a reputation as an uncooperative author.
(c) She would have lost her next contract.
(d) Her fans would have abandoned her.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?
(a) Marriage.
(b) A career.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Motherhood.

5. Where was Barbara Kingsolver's contraband creature discovered?
(a) In her suitcase.
(b) A box of shoes.
(c) In her pocketbook.
(d) A box of shells.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did private property develop, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

2. What did the library recruit Barbara Kingsolver for?

3. What did Laurence Steinberg study?

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

5. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 259 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample