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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what conditions will the pupfish be monogamous, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) After they have chosen a life mate.
(b) When food is scarce.
(c) When females are scarce.
(d) After they have mated.

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

3. 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 saw beyond her hometown.
(d) Barbara Kingsolver learned to understand her parents' limitations and desires.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose when she moved to Tucson?
(a) Her affection for her family.
(b) Her memory of her time with her family.
(c) Her connections to her family.
(d) Her sense of lived history with her living family.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver allow her daughter to do, in their time together?

3. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was stronger in the place where she lived when Camille was four?

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