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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would the creature do after these periods of dormancy?
(a) Move a few inches.
(b) Shed its skin.
(c) Roll over.
(d) Bustle about.

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

3. What did the library recruit Barbara Kingsolver for?
(a) Organizing the library.
(b) Raising money for the library.
(c) Evaluating the books in the library.
(d) Buying new books for the library.

4. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?
(a) That a woman has freedom to choose her sexual partners.
(b) That a marriage can remain intact through changes.
(c) That a woman can benefit by divorce.
(d) That a woman can be head of a household.

5. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?
(a) Write a short story.
(b) Clean and launder.
(c) Balance the checkbook.
(d) Make five days' pay.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose when she moved to Tucson?

3. What did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?

4. When was Barbara Kingsolver recruited by the librarian?

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

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