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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize Camille's morning routine?
(a) Rebellious.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Efficient.
(d) Lackadaisical.

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

3. What did H. H. Goddard devise?
(a) Statistical measurement techniques for bones.
(b) Bone-dating tests for archaeologists.
(c) Tests for determining whether to admit immigrants.
(d) Intelligence tests for immigrants.

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

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?
(a) The rule of nature.
(b) Rare in nature.
(c) Common in vertebrates.
(d) A common practice in primates.

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

7. What does Barbara Kingsolver join in the beginning of Essay 9: 'The Muscle Mystique'?
(a) A scientific study of weight and energy.
(b) A study group for a science class.
(c) A health club.
(d) A dieting group.

8. What geo-political events motivated Barbara Kingsolver to travel?
(a) Drought in Tucson.
(b) Hurricane Hugo.
(c) The Gulf War.
(d) The fall of the Berlin Wall.

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

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

11. What issues does Barbara Kingsolver say she learned about through the librarian?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Racism.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Militarism.

12. What did living in this place make Barbara Kingsolver see about how Americans see children?
(a) They see children as little souls.
(b) They see children as luxuries.
(c) They see children in terms of economics.
(d) They see children as little bothers.

13. What period did Steinberg conclude was most trying or parents?
(a) The first two years of college.
(b) The first year.
(c) Terrible twos.
(d) Adolescence.

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

15. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?
(a) The rhythm of visitors in Barbara Kingsolver's house.
(b) The rhythm by which the creature moved about.
(c) The threat that global warming would bring the ocean to Arizona.
(d) The rhythm of the creature's hunger and dormancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say happens to a woman's standard of living after a divorce?

2. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?

3. Where did Barbara Kingsolver travel to in 1991?

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

5. Why are children difficult in the developmental stage Camille was in?

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