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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 is the 'Tide of Tucson'?
(a) The rhythm of the creature's hunger and dormancy.
(b) The threat that global warming would bring the ocean to Arizona.
(c) The rhythm by which the creature moved about.
(d) The rhythm of visitors in Barbara Kingsolver's house.

2. How did Barbara Kingsolver respond to the demands of fashion as an adult?
(a) By secluding herself.
(b) By having a beautiful, popular husband.
(c) By having an impeccable wardrobe.
(d) By moving west.

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

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say the librarian might have seen in her?
(a) Danger.
(b) Vulnerability.
(c) Genius.
(d) Potential.

5. What did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?
(a) The creature from the Black Lagoon.
(b) Bride of Frankenstein.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Madame Curie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Barbara Kingsolver live, in Tucson?

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

3. How did private property develop, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

4. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?

5. What was the consequence of the librarian's relationship with Barbara Kingsolver?

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