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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she had to let her daughter do?
(a) Buy her own clothes.
(b) Make her own mistakes.
(c) Make her own breakfast.
(d) Rebel against her instructions.

2. What did Laurence Steinberg study?
(a) The impact of various parenting techniques.
(b) The process of setting boundaries for children.
(c) The non-verbal cues parents give children.
(d) The impact of children on parents' mental health.

3. What was the problem with the education system in Barbara Kingsolver's hometown?
(a) Rural biases against intellectuals.
(b) Meager funds.
(c) Social turmoil.
(d) Race tension.

4. Parents have to strike a balance between boundaries and what, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
(a) Blowouts.
(b) Browbeating.
(c) Bondage.
(d) Blinding themselves to behavior.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver allow her daughter to do, in their time together?
(a) Take the lead.
(b) Provide for her.
(c) Plan their outings.
(d) Reverse their roles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver think her creature might want to change?

3. What had Barbara Kingsolver smuggled back to Arizona from the Bahamas?

4. How long ago did Barbara Kingsolver vacation in the Bahamas?

5. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

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