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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the consequence of the librarian's relationship with Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Barbara Kingsolver could not stay in her hometown.
(b) Barbara Kingsolver learned to hate her hometown.
(c) Barbara Kingsolver learned to understand her parents' limitations and desires.
(d) Barbara Kingsolver saw beyond her hometown.

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

3. What disturbances does Barbara Kingsolver experience in Tucson?
(a) Wooly pigs.
(b) Military jets overhead.
(c) Juvenile delinquents.
(d) Police sirens.

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver get instead of what she'd asked for, at Christmas?
(a) Rain boots.
(b) A weekend away.
(c) A stuffed animal.
(d) A book.

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver think the creature was reacting to?
(a) Humidity.
(b) Scents.
(c) Winds.
(d) Lunar cycles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Barbara Kingsolver find on the sidewalk in front of her house before she moved to Tucson?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?

3. Where was Barbara Kingsolver's contraband creature discovered?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say worked against her in high school?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system would not have prepared her for?

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