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

2. Where did Barbara Kingsolver live when Camille was four?
(a) Tucson.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Spain.

3. Why was Barbara Kingsolver sad when she collected mussels from Horse Lick Creek?
(a) The species were overpopulating the creek.
(b) The species was dying out.
(c) The species was not a native species.
(d) The species was adapting to pollution and changing color.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say Wilson ignores?
(a) Environmental influences on behavior.
(b) Natural forces.
(c) Modern social forces.
(d) Genetic influences.

5. What is the purpose of revisionist history, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) To tell the stories of white males from new perspectives.
(b) To describe history as a process of progress.
(c) To include other voices than white males' in historical narratives.
(d) To describe the randomness of key events in human history.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Barbara Kingsolver say the Pentagon suppressed?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose after twenty years in Tucson?

3. What would Barbara Kingsolver find on the sidewalk in front of her house before she moved to Tucson?

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

5. What does anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman say about the African savannah?

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