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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are many school bonds voted down, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
(a) Because people can't afford school districts.
(b) Because people don't have a stake in education.
(c) Because education is a luxury people don't want to pay for.
(d) Because Americans would rather home-school their children.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.
(b) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.
(c) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.
(d) That it was more important than is thought.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

2. What did living in this place make Barbara Kingsolver see about how Americans see children?

3. What other developments does Barbara Kingsolver say resulted from hunting?

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

5. Where did Barbara Kingsolver settle in her travels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about photographs and memories?

2. Describe Kingsolver's trip to La Gomera.

3. How did America and Europe compare in terms of childrearing, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver find when she started to read?

5. What is Barbara Kingsolver's philosophy of housekeeping?

6. What did Barbara Kingsolver get when she asked for go-go-boots?

7. Why does Barbara Kingsolver say the Terrible Twos and the teen years are dreaded by parents?

8. What inequality does Barbara Kingsolver explore in housekeeping?

9. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her own parents' generation's parenting style?

10. How did Barbara Kingsolver get Buster?

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