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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she lacked in high school?
(a) Friends.
(b) Popularity.
(c) A belief system.
(d) Relations with adults.

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

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

4. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?
(a) When the kids in her neighborhood made too much noise for her to write.
(b) When the prices for things got too high to afford a good lifestyle with her writing.
(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.

5. When was Barbara Kingsolver recruited by the librarian?
(a) Her sophomore year.
(b) Her freshman year.
(c) Her senior year.
(d) Her junior year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Barbara Kingsolver cringe when the evangelists urge women to take up housework?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say people feel about children in the place where the family lived in Camille's fourth year?

3. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

4. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver beg her parents for one Christmas?

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