Quiz: How Well Do You Know Animal, Vegetable, Miracle?

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Throughout the 2016-2017 season of One Book, One Chicago, we've been exploring Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. As the season draws to a close with the season finale event featuring Barbara Kingsolver on May 18 at Harold Washington Library Center, test your knowledge of this season's book with our quiz!

Test your expertise with our quiz by Tuesday, May 30, and you'll enter a drawing for a grand prize of a bag of books and an autographed copy of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

Quiz: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle opens as Barbara Kingsolver and her family move to Virginia to live on a small farm, but the state they’re leaving is very different from the one they’re going to. Which state are they moving from?
What's the first vegetable the family harvests, in late March, after moving to their farm?
Kingsolver and her family are devoted to heirloom vegetables, those that come from non-hybrid, traditional seeds. She suggests that these taste better and are better for the environment. What's the best way that she says you can help to save these varieties?
Kingsolver’s young daughter Lily wants to raise animals on their farm. What kind of animal do they buy?
The family’s community has a special Mother’s Day tradition. What is it?
The family intends to grow all their own food for a year, but they do supplement their food supply in several ways. Which way is the most important to them for this first year?
Throughout their year of eating locally, the family realizes that a return to home cooking and local eating may seem like a new trend, but actually is part of their own family tradition. What new skill does Kingsolver learn to enjoy, only to realize that it is something her husband’s grandmother did every day?
Kingsolver creates family traditions to encourage her children to embrace a love of food and cooking. What’s one of their traditions?
One of the chapters of the book is titled “What do you eat in January?” What did the family eat in January?
The book ends with an eagerly anticipated birth. Who was born?
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