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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did living in this place make Barbara Kingsolver see about how Americans see children?
(a) They see children as luxuries.
(b) They see children in terms of economics.
(c) They see children as little souls.
(d) They see children as little bothers.

2. Where did Barbara Kingsolver settle in her travels?
(a) Crete.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Tenerife.

3. Where did Barbara Kingsolver travel to in 1991?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver buy in the unnamed town she found?
(a) Clothing.
(b) A leather purse.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Pottery.

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

6. What does Barbara Kingsolver say early anthropologists say about hunting?
(a) That it was the first thing to distinguish humans from other creatures.
(b) That it was the first evidence of social evolution influencing species evolution.
(c) That it was more important than is thought.
(d) That it was the basis for all human religions that followed.

7. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?
(a) She learned to recognize political propaganda.
(b) She became bi-lingual.
(c) She learned to play violin.
(d) She learned how to read.

8. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) They were better at it than men.
(b) Men could support them.
(c) Men would not let them into the workplace.
(d) Women were not educated.

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

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

11. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?
(a) That people are products of their environments.
(b) That people have free will.
(c) That genetics drives all of human existence.
(d) That morality is an evolutionary construct.

12. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she lacked in high school?
(a) A belief system.
(b) Popularity.
(c) Relations with adults.
(d) Friends.

13. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her physique?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Lanky.
(c) Athletic.
(d) Weak.

14. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the priority in college?
(a) Fashion.
(b) Status.
(c) Popularity.
(d) Education.

15. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?
(a) That a woman can be head of a household.
(b) That a woman can benefit by divorce.
(c) That a woman has freedom to choose her sexual partners.
(d) That a marriage can remain intact through changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Barbara Kingsolver give us, to justify her characterization of her physique?

2. What would Barbara Kingsolver wear to school?

3. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?

4. What was uncommon about the beach where Barbara Kingsolver collected stones and shells?

5. Where has Barbara Kingsolver come from, to Arizona?

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