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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 omen accompanied Barbara Kingsolver's arrival in La Gomera?
(a) Dolphins.
(b) Migratory birds.
(c) A lunar eclipse.
(d) Fine weather.

2. What was Barbara Kingsolver fleeing from in the U.S.?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Crime.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Nationalism.

3. What development does Barbara Kingsolver describe as a survival tool people acquired 'in the beginning'?
(a) Communication.
(b) Geology.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?
(a) The rule of nature.
(b) A common practice in primates.
(c) Common in vertebrates.
(d) Rare in nature.

5. What had Barbara Kingsolver smuggled back to Arizona from the Bahamas?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A hermit crab.
(c) A starfish.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what occasion does Barbara Kingsolver say she bought an expensive, chic outfit?

2. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

3. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?

4. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What did Laurence Steinberg study?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her own parents' generation's parenting style?

2. Why Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter travel to Tenerife?

3. How did Barbara Kingsolver's sense of fashion change as she grew up?

4. What lesson is Barbara Kingsolver trying to teach her daughter about housekeeping?

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her daughter at age two?

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

7. What is Barbara Kingsolver's philosophy for raising her own daughter?

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

9. What is the 'high tide of Tucson' a metaphor for?

10. Why does Barbara Kingsolver discuss the origins of human agriculture?

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