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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?
(a) That parents need licensing.
(b) That children should be raised communally.
(c) That the state should subsidize all families with children.
(d) That parents should raise their own children.

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

6. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?
(a) That her book would be published.
(b) That her book was getting good reviews.
(c) That her mother had died.
(d) That her mother was furious about the book she had written.

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

8. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe the photos that represent her past, now that she's moved to Tucson?
(a) Perfect photos.
(b) Artificial photos.
(c) Incomplete photos.
(d) Doctored photos.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?
(a) He would not move for days on end.
(b) He smelled like he was decaying.
(c) He would not appear to breathe.
(d) He would get very cold.

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

15. What was Camille told every day when she was four?
(a) That she should keep quiet.
(b) That she was a nuisance.
(c) That she was pretty.
(d) That she had a great potential.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Barbara Kingsolver say she joined the group she joined?

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the difference between mothering now and when she was a child?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver compare the U.S. to other countries in terms of education?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?

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

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