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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose after twenty years in Tucson?
(a) Her sense of her history.
(b) Her Kentucky accent.
(c) Her sense of exceptionalism.
(d) Her memory of her family.

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

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

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

5. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?
(a) Clean and launder.
(b) Balance the checkbook.
(c) Make five days' pay.
(d) Write a short story.

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

7. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the curriculum in her school?
(a) Inconsistent.
(b) Illegitimate.
(c) Uninteresting.
(d) Insufficient.

8. What example does Barbara Kingsolver give us, to justify her characterization of her physique?
(a) She had to be carried up and down stairs.
(b) She didn't break 100 pounds until the end of high school.
(c) She had to shop in the men's section by high school.
(d) She could not break 8 minutes for running a mile.

9. How do Barbara Kingsolver's meditations on private property relate to her thoughts about moving to Tucson?
(a) She was analyzing her desire to keep animals off her property.
(b) She wanted to allow as many creatures as possible to use her land.
(c) She was justifying the peace she gained by moving away from a commune.
(d) She was justifying having more than some of her neighbors.

10. What is the difference between men's and women's salaries after a divorce, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?
(a) The women's goes down faster than the men's go up.
(b) The women's goes up.
(c) The men's goes up.
(d) The men's goes up more quickly.

11. What was the problem with the education system in Barbara Kingsolver's hometown?
(a) Rural biases against intellectuals.
(b) Race tension.
(c) Meager funds.
(d) Social turmoil.

12. What was uncommon about the beach where Barbara Kingsolver collected stones and shells?
(a) Pink sand.
(b) Tall waves.
(c) Black sand.
(d) Unique species of crabs.

13. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose when she moved to Tucson?
(a) Her memory of her time with her family.
(b) Her sense of lived history with her living family.
(c) Her connections to her family.
(d) Her affection for her family.

14. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?
(a) By shooting the animals.
(b) By getting used to animals in her garden.
(c) By trapping and relocating the animals.
(d) By enclosing her garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Parents have to strike a balance between boundaries and what, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?

2. What resulted from the need to hunt, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

3. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?

4. Under what conditions will the pupfish be monogamous, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?

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