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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 early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.
(b) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.
(c) That it was more important than is thought.
(d) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?
(a) Brother.
(b) Bruiser.
(c) Bubba.
(d) Buster.

3. Why did Barbara Kingsolver finally visit the Titan Missile Museum?
(a) Boredom.
(b) An assignment.
(c) Curiosity.
(d) Her daughter.

4. What was the creature's reaction to Arizona?
(a) He was unaware.
(b) He was terrified.
(c) Confusion.
(d) He adjusted quickly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she had to let her daughter do?

2. What crop crowded out native plants in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?

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

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

5. Where did Barbara Kingsolver travel to in 1991?

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