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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Barbara Kingsolver come from, to Arizona?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

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

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose after twenty years in Tucson?
(a) Her sense of her history.
(b) Her memory of her family.
(c) Her sense of exceptionalism.
(d) Her Kentucky accent.

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

5. What development does Barbara Kingsolver describe as a survival tool people acquired 'in the beginning'?
(a) Science.
(b) Religion.
(c) Communication.
(d) Geology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?

2. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver think about after her discovery?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver think the creature was reacting to?

5. What does anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman say about the African savannah?

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