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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What would Camille ignore, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Her mother's requests to pick up the pace.
(b) Her mother's requests not to make a mess.
(c) Her mother's instructions about making breakfast.
(d) Her mother's threats.

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

4. What geo-political events motivated Barbara Kingsolver to travel?
(a) The Gulf War.
(b) Hurricane Hugo.
(c) Drought in Tucson.
(d) The fall of the Berlin Wall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the poaching of silverwood stopped?

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

3. What was unique about Haleakala?

4. Where did Barbara Kingsolver travel to in 1991?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?

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