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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays 23, 24 and 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was unique about Haleakala?
(a) The volcano created its own climate.
(b) The road was extremely windy.
(c) The beach had pink sand.
(d) The restaurant served fish that only lived in the lake in that volcano.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she spent as little time as possible on?
(a) Managing money.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Revising.
(d) Housekeeping.

4. Why are many school bonds voted down, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
(a) Because education is a luxury people don't want to pay for.
(b) Because people don't have a stake in education.
(c) Because Americans would rather home-school their children.
(d) Because people can't afford school districts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does Barbara Kingsolver reach about activism?

2. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?

3. What animal went extinct in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?

4. Whose work was Barbara Kingsolver reading during this work?

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the effect of 'Silence of the Lambs'?

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