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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. Where did Barbara Kingsolver live when Camille was four?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Spain.
(d) Tucson.

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

3. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The desire to gain status.
(b) The desire to possess females.
(c) The desire to spread genes.
(d) The desire to further one's civilization.

4. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?
(a) When the crime in her area got so bad that she couldn't feel safe.
(b) When the race tensions in her area made life dangerous for her.
(c) When the prices for things got too high to afford a good lifestyle with her writing.
(d) When the kids in her neighborhood made too much noise for her to write.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Barbara Kingsolver vacation in the Bahamas?

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the curriculum in her school?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize Camille's morning routine?

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

5. What instrument did Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter play at the Museum?

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