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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Camille told every day when she was four?
(a) That she was pretty.
(b) That she was a nuisance.
(c) That she should keep quiet.
(d) That she had a great potential.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?
(a) Science projects.
(b) Farming.
(c) The history of feminism.
(d) Baking projects.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver join in the beginning of Essay 9: 'The Muscle Mystique'?
(a) A dieting group.
(b) A health club.
(c) A scientific study of weight and energy.
(d) A study group for a science class.

4. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?
(a) Clean and launder.
(b) Write a short story.
(c) Make five days' pay.
(d) Balance the checkbook.

5. What development does Barbara Kingsolver describe as a survival tool people acquired 'in the beginning'?
(a) Science.
(b) Geology.
(c) Religion.
(d) Communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Stephen Jay Gould say George Morton ignored in his measurements?

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver buy in the unnamed town she found?

3. What was the creature's reaction to Arizona?

4. What example does Barbara Kingsolver give us, to justify her characterization of her physique?

5. Where did Barbara Kingsolver live when Camille was four?

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