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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 resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The need to communicate.
(b) The need to eliminate competitors for game.
(c) The need to walk upright.
(d) The need to wage war.

2. When was Barbara Kingsolver's daughter Camille a handful?
(a) Her first years in school.
(b) Her teenage years.
(c) Her terrible twos.
(d) Her first year.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she spent as little time as possible on?
(a) Housekeeping.
(b) Managing money.
(c) Revising.
(d) Laundry.

4. How did Barbara Kingsolver think people would see her after she and her husband divorced?
(a) As an impostor.
(b) As a fallen woman.
(c) As scandalous.
(d) As a charity case.

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver find out about the creature's spells of dormancy?
(a) They were normal.
(b) They were a sign of culture shock.
(c) They were a result of poisoning.
(d) They were a sign of illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the mating ritual of the octopus?

3. Why was Barbara Kingsolver reluctant to join the band?

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

5. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?

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