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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 were Barbara Kingsolver's friends doing in Africa?
(a) Missionary work.
(b) Doctors Without Borders.
(c) Teaching English.
(d) Peace Corps.

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver say she survived her daughter's difficult periods?
(a) By giving her strict boundaries.
(b) By taking her to the zoo.
(c) By giving her books to read.
(d) By sending her to her room.

3. How was the poaching of silverwood stopped?
(a) By harsh fines for poachers.
(b) Silverwood went extinct.
(c) The silverwood trade was regulated.
(d) Nature preserves were established.

4. When would Barbara Kingsolver remember her childhood?
(a) When she was anxious about her siblings.
(b) When she thought life was too easy.
(c) When she started a new book.
(d) When life got her down.

5. What was Camille thrilled by at Horse Lick Creek?
(a) Deer tracks.
(b) Crayfish.
(c) Cliff dwellings.
(d) Ancient ruins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara Kingsolver find out about the creature's spells of dormancy?

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

3. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

4. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?

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

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