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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. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?
(a) When the prices for things got too high to afford a good lifestyle with her writing.
(b) When the kids in her neighborhood made too much noise for her to write.
(c) When the race tensions in her area made life dangerous for her.
(d) When the crime in her area got so bad that she couldn't feel safe.

2. When was Barbara Kingsolver's daughter Camille a handful?
(a) Her terrible twos.
(b) Her first year.
(c) Her first years in school.
(d) Her teenage years.

3. What would Camille ignore, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Her mother's requests to pick up the pace.
(b) Her mother's requests not to make a mess.
(c) Her mother's threats.
(d) Her mother's instructions about making breakfast.

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

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her physique?
(a) Weak.
(b) Lanky.
(c) Athletic.
(d) Overweight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Barbara Kingsolver settle in her travels?

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

3. What was the creature's reaction to Arizona?

4. What would the creature do after these periods of dormancy?

5. Where did Barbara Kingsolver live when Camille was four?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Barbara Kingsolver discuss the origins of human agriculture?

2. What inequality does Barbara Kingsolver explore in housekeeping?

3. How did Barbara Kingsolver's sense of fashion change as she grew up?

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

5. What was Barbara Kingsolver's solution to the question of private property in her new home in Tucson?

6. What is E. O. Wilson's theory on monogamy in human beings?

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

8. Why did Barbara Kingsolver move to Tucson?

9. What was Camille's experience of Spain like?

10. Where does the idea of private property come from?

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