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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what conditions will the pupfish be monogamous, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) After they have chosen a life mate.
(b) After they have mated.
(c) When females are scarce.
(d) When food is scarce.

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

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

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

5. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her husband.

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

7. What is the benefit of establishing boundaries, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Allowing for individual interpretation.
(b) Fixing behavior quickly.
(c) Controlling a child's behavior.
(d) Giving a child strong incentives.

8. What development does Barbara Kingsolver describe as a survival tool people acquired 'in the beginning'?
(a) Religion.
(b) Communication.
(c) Geology.
(d) Science.

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

10. What other developments does Barbara Kingsolver say resulted from hunting?
(a) Tool making.
(b) Social structures.
(c) Literacy.
(d) Sacrifice.

11. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian introduced her to?
(a) Librarians.
(b) Other students.
(c) Literature.
(d) Feminism.

12. Parents have to strike a balance between boundaries and what, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
(a) Blowouts.
(b) Blinding themselves to behavior.
(c) Bondage.
(d) Browbeating.

13. How long ago did Barbara Kingsolver vacation in the Bahamas?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Two years.
(d) A month.

14. What was Barbara Kingsolver fleeing from in the U.S.?
(a) Persecution.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Crime.

15. What did Camille do on purpose, when Barbara Kingsolver warned her not to?
(a) Tracked mud into the kitchen.
(b) Cut her finger.
(c) Spilled milk on herself.
(d) Knocked over orange juice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was uncommon about the beach where Barbara Kingsolver collected stones and shells?

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe herself when she was in high school?

3. Whose loyalty does Barbara Kingsolver describe when she describes human loyalty?

4. Where did Barbara Kingsolver settle in her travels?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver think about after her discovery?

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