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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 were Barbara Kingsolver's friends doing in Africa?
(a) Peace Corps.
(b) Doctors Without Borders.
(c) Teaching English.
(d) Missionary work.

2. What myth does Barbara Kingsolver say is starting to be exposed?
(a) The myth that families can survive in isolation.
(b) The myth that spouses continue to love each other throughout marriage.
(c) The myth that marriage should be blissful.
(d) The myth that success comes from hard work.

3. What information does Barbara Kingsolver say the Pentagon suppressed?
(a) Number of oil wells captured by Americans.
(b) Number of Americans killed.
(c) Number of soldiers in Iraq.
(d) Numbers of Iraqi war dead.

4. Whom did Barbara Kingsolver silently thank during her visit to Horse Lick Creek?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) All her relations.
(d) The Native Americans.

5. How did Barbara Kingsolver think people would see her after she and her husband divorced?
(a) As scandalous.
(b) As a charity case.
(c) As an impostor.
(d) As a fallen woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Barbara Kingsolver refuse to go on book tour?

2. When does Barbara Kingsolver say Camille feels bad about being from a divorced home?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say is the consequence of watching violent films?

4. What did fans write to give Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What makes writing rewarding for Barbara Kingsolver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver see at the Hiroshima Museum?

2. What is Kingsolver's idea of a family in 'Stone Soup'?

3. Why was Barbara Kingsolver told to 'love it or leave it'?

4. Why was Barbara Kingsolver reticent about visiting the Titan Missile Museum?

5. What note does "High Tide in Tucson" end on?

6. What were Barbara Kingsolver's thoughts about going on book tour?

7. What threats to the Hawaiian ecosystems does Barbara Kingsolver describe?

8. What critique does Barbara Kingsolver make of violence in American art and culture?

9. Why did Barbara Kingsolver take Camille to see at the Heard Museum?

10. Why did Barbara Kingsolver leave the U.S. for Spain, and what did her time away teach her?

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