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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. What does Barbara Kingsolver think her creature might want to change?
(a) His 'uniform'.
(b) His atmosphere.
(c) His color.
(d) His feathers.

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

3. Whose loyalty does Barbara Kingsolver describe when she describes human loyalty?
(a) Political subjects.
(b) Sports fans.
(c) Husbands.
(d) Gang members.

4. What did Laurence Steinberg study?
(a) The impact of various parenting techniques.
(b) The impact of children on parents' mental health.
(c) The process of setting boundaries for children.
(d) The non-verbal cues parents give children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Barbara Kingsolver give us, to justify her characterization of her physique?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say happens to a woman's standard of living after a divorce?

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

4. Where does Barbara Kingsolver say U.S. culture is going?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is Barbara Kingsolver's philosophy for raising her own daughter?

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

8. What is the 'high tide of Tucson' a metaphor for?

9. How did the librarian save Barbara Kingsolver from her school's limitations?

10. How would the Native Indians in Tucson bring rain after the dry season, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

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