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High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?
(a) The history of feminism.
(b) Farming.
(c) Science projects.
(d) Baking projects.

4. What notion does Barbara Kingsolver dismiss as absurd?
(a) That children should be raised communally.
(b) That parents should raise their own children.
(c) That the state should subsidize all families with children.
(d) That parents need licensing.

5. Where does Barbara Kingsolver say U.S. culture is going?
(a) Into the future with new cultural developments.
(b) Downhill to a 'self' mentality.
(c) Further into a leadership role.
(d) Over the hill to decay.

6. How did private property develop, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) As a form of communication.
(b) As a form of regulating marriage.
(c) As a way to regulate hunting.
(d) As a form of preserving status of families.

7. What kind of poetry does Barbara Kingsolver survival requires?
(a) A poetry of hunger.
(b) A poetry of desire.
(c) A poetry of endurance.
(d) A poetry of pleasure.

8. Where did Barbara Kingsolver live when Camille was four?
(a) Spain.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Virginia.

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

10. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she had to let her daughter do?
(a) Buy her own clothes.
(b) Make her own mistakes.
(c) Rebel against her instructions.
(d) Make her own breakfast.

11. How did Barbara Kingsolver respond to the demands of fashion as an adult?
(a) By having an impeccable wardrobe.
(b) By secluding herself.
(c) By moving west.
(d) By having a beautiful, popular husband.

12. Where did Barbara Kingsolver's creature live?
(a) A terrarium.
(b) An aquarium.
(c) A shoebox.
(d) A birdcage.

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

14. What would Barbara Kingsolver find on the sidewalk in front of her house before she moved to Tucson?
(a) Empty beer bottles.
(b) Threats.
(c) Pornographic images.
(d) Drug paraphernalia.

15. What did Camille do on purpose, when Barbara Kingsolver warned her not to?
(a) Tracked mud into the kitchen.
(b) Knocked over orange juice.
(c) Cut her finger.
(d) Spilled milk on herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver think her creature might want to change?

2. What was Barbara Kingsolver fleeing from in the U.S.?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the difference between mothering now and when she was a child?

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

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?

(see the answer keys)

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