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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 is Haleakala?
(a) A road.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A volcano.
(d) A beach.

2. What did Camille do on purpose, when Barbara Kingsolver warned her not to?
(a) Knocked over orange juice.
(b) Tracked mud into the kitchen.
(c) Cut her finger.
(d) Spilled milk on herself.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say worked against her in high school?
(a) Her problems with language comprehension.
(b) Her looks.
(c) Her wardrobe.
(d) Her religion.

4. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?
(a) By shooting the animals.
(b) By enclosing her garden.
(c) By trapping and relocating the animals.
(d) By getting used to animals in her garden.

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver grow up expecting?
(a) Prince Charming.
(b) A romantic poet.
(c) A certain amount of abuse.
(d) A knight on a white horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When would Barbara Kingsolver remember her childhood?

2. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

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

4. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?

5. What would the creature do after these periods of dormancy?

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