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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the library recruit Barbara Kingsolver for?
(a) Raising money for the library.
(b) Buying new books for the library.
(c) Evaluating the books in the library.
(d) Organizing the library.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was stronger in the place where she lived when Camille was four?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Radicalism.
(c) Community.
(d) Tradition.

3. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?
(a) The rhythm of the creature's hunger and dormancy.
(b) The rhythm of visitors in Barbara Kingsolver's house.
(c) The threat that global warming would bring the ocean to Arizona.
(d) The rhythm by which the creature moved about.

4. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?
(a) When the race tensions in her area made life dangerous for her.
(b) When the kids in her neighborhood made too much noise for her to write.
(c) When the crime in her area got so bad that she couldn't feel safe.
(d) When the prices for things got too high to afford a good lifestyle with her writing.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver think about after her discovery?
(a) Birth and aging.
(b) Life and death.
(c) Time and change.
(d) Modern necessities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Barbara Kingsolver cringe when the evangelists urge women to take up housework?

2. Whose loyalty does Barbara Kingsolver describe when she describes human loyalty?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

4. What argument of E.O. Wilson's does book reject?

5. What was Camille told every day when she was four?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kingsolver's trip to La Gomera.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about American education?

3. Where does intellectual testing come from, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver get when she asked for go-go-boots?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver find when she started to read?

6. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her wardrobe in high school?

7. What was Barbara Kingsolver's solution to the question of private property in her new home in Tucson?

8. What was Buster's 'personality' like?

9. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about photographs and memories?

10. What balance does Barbara Kingsolver have to strike in parenting Camille through her terrible twos?

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