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

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

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Barbara Kingsolver visit in Essay 19: 'Infernal Paradise'?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) London.
(c) Madagascar.
(d) Brunei.

2. What animal went extinct in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?
(a) Mongoose.
(b) Komodo dragon.
(c) Dodo bird.
(d) Passenger pigeon.

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver accuse the American military of doing to Iraq in 1991?
(a) Massacring its people.
(b) Crippling its nuclear programs.
(c) Destroying the water system.
(d) Selling its debt.

4. What is the Heard Museum a center for?
(a) Spanish-American history.
(b) Pioneer culture.
(c) Native American culture.
(d) Manifest Destiny.

5. How was the poaching of silverwood stopped?
(a) Silverwood went extinct.
(b) Nature preserves were established.
(c) The silverwood trade was regulated.
(d) By harsh fines for poachers.

6. What did Barbara Kingsolver expect would take her away from the band?
(a) Illness.
(b) Book tour.
(c) Journalism assignments.
(d) Her daughter.

7. Who is Steve?
(a) Camille's cousin.
(b) Barbara Kingsolver's brother.
(c) Barbara Kingsolver's traveling partner.
(d) Camille's father.

8. What is Barbara Kingsolver sure Americans don't know about Iraq and Kuwait?
(a) That they have oppressive governments.
(b) That they are American allies.
(c) That they are in the Middle East.
(d) That they provide our Americans' oil.

9. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the most important part of her experience as a rock star?
(a) Her daughter thought it was cool.
(b) She met men after her husband left her.
(c) She made money.
(d) She got to be under the lights.

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

11. What was Horse Lick Creek threatened by, when Barbara Kingsolver visited?
(a) Development.
(b) Gentrification.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Militarization.

12. Why couldn't Barbara Kingsolver refuse to go on book tour?
(a) She would have gained a reputation as an uncooperative author.
(b) No one would know who she was.
(c) Her fans would have abandoned her.
(d) She would have lost her next contract.

13. What did Barbara Kingsolver's book tour entail?
(a) Long stays with patrons.
(b) A different city every day.
(c) Multi-day courses at colleges.
(d) Sit-ins and hunger strikes.

14. What was Barbara Kingsolver inspired by, in this writer?
(a) His enlightenment.
(b) His curiosity.
(c) His peacefulness.
(d) His success.

15. How was Barbara Kingsolver greeted in Africa?
(a) 'Hello pretty lady'.
(b) 'Hey lady, buy this from me'.
(c) 'Go home, American'.
(d) 'Hello, white person'.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument did Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter play at the Museum?

2. What made Barbara Kingsolver feel that she was being patriotic?

3. What are Barbara Kingsolver's feelings about nuclear weapons?

4. What question did Barbara Kingsolver dislike having to answer?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the worst thing about book tour?

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