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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 23, 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What job did Barbara Kingsolver take at 25?
(a) Activist.
(b) Animal behaviorist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Pianist.

3. What crop crowded out native plants in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?
(a) Sugar cane.
(b) Eucalyptus.
(c) Corn.
(d) Potatoes.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her readers assume about her work?
(a) That she writes from newspaper clippings.
(b) That she bases her characters on people in her life.
(c) That she is writing for admiration.
(d) That she is making everything up.

5. What did fans write to give Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Pictures of their children.
(b) Recipes.
(c) Suggestions for books.
(d) Gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose work was Barbara Kingsolver reading during this work?

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver compare the U.S. to other countries in terms of education?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver accuse the American military of doing to Iraq in 1991?

4. What did H. H. Goddard devise?

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her physique?

(see the answer key)

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