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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 her school system would not have prepared her for?
(a) Marriage.
(b) A career.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Motherhood.

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

3. Why did it take Barbara Kingsolver a long time to visit the Titan Missile Museum outside of Tucson?
(a) She was opposed to nuclear weapons.
(b) She couldn't imagine what she would learn.
(c) She didn't have a car for a long time.
(d) She visited a lot of other museums first.

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

5. Where did Barbara Kingsolver settle in her travels?
(a) Crete.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Tenerife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument was Barbara Kingsolver asked to play in a band?

2. Why were Barbara Kingsolver's friends jealous of her book tour?

3. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?

4. Why were the Titan Missiles decommissioned, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?

5. What is Haleakala?

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