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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The desire to further one's civilization.
(b) The desire to spread genes.
(c) The desire to possess females.
(d) The desire to gain status.

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

3. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) The need to communicate.
(b) The need to walk upright.
(c) The need to wage war.
(d) The need to eliminate competitors for game.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she spent as little time as possible on?
(a) Housekeeping.
(b) Revising.
(c) Managing money.
(d) Laundry.

5. What had Barbara Kingsolver smuggled back to Arizona from the Bahamas?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A hermit crab.
(c) A cat.
(d) A starfish.

6. How did Barbara Kingsolver respond to the demands of fashion as an adult?
(a) By secluding herself.
(b) By having an impeccable wardrobe.
(c) By moving west.
(d) By having a beautiful, popular husband.

7. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the mating ritual of the octopus?
(a) Loving.
(b) Repetitive.
(c) Violent.
(d) Accidental.

8. Where does Barbara Kingsolver live, in Tucson?
(a) A barracks.
(b) A cabin.
(c) A compound.
(d) A townhouse.

9. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was stronger in the place where she lived when Camille was four?
(a) Community.
(b) Radicalism.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Tradition.

10. What does Barbara Kingsolver allow her daughter to do, in their time together?
(a) Plan their outings.
(b) Take the lead.
(c) Provide for her.
(d) Reverse their roles.

11. What does Barbara Kingsolver say people feel about children in the place where the family lived in Camille's fourth year?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Affection.
(c) Disdain.
(d) Disregard.

12. When was Barbara Kingsolver recruited by the librarian?
(a) Her senior year.
(b) Her junior year.
(c) Her sophomore year.
(d) Her freshman year.

13. Where was Barbara Kingsolver's contraband creature discovered?
(a) A box of shoes.
(b) In her suitcase.
(c) A box of shells.
(d) In her pocketbook.

14. What did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?
(a) Donuts.
(b) Peanuts.
(c) Seashells.
(d) Rocks.

15. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian might have seen in her?
(a) Danger.
(b) Genius.
(c) Vulnerability.
(d) Potential.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?

2. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?

4. When was Barbara Kingsolver's daughter Camille a handful?

5. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?

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