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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of musical training had Barbara Kingsolver had?
(a) Music scholarship for classical piano.
(b) She had sung in the church choir.
(c) She had played in clubs and bars.
(d) She had been in amateur groups before.

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

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say could be purchased at Turner's General Store?
(a) Lumber.
(b) Worms.
(c) Beer.
(d) Hunting licenses.

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

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver build behind her house?
(a) A dog run.
(b) A garden.
(c) An outhouse.
(d) A pond.

6. What did Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter make at the Museum?
(a) Dolls.
(b) Bone whistles.
(c) Twig animals.
(d) Rugs.

7. In essay 16: 'Postcards from an Imaginary Mom', how long was Barbara Kingsolver on book tour for?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three months.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) A year.

8. What is Haleakala?
(a) A beach.
(b) A volcano.
(c) A road.
(d) A restaurant.

9. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the hotel in Cotonou?
(a) Ramshackle.
(b) Dilapidated.
(c) Pristine.
(d) Immaculate.

10. Why was Barbara Kingsolver sad when she collected mussels from Horse Lick Creek?
(a) The species was dying out.
(b) The species was not a native species.
(c) The species were overpopulating the creek.
(d) The species was adapting to pollution and changing color.

11. What was Barbara Kingsolver told during protests?
(a) Hug a tree.
(b) Honk for peace.
(c) Love America or leave it.
(d) Better dead than red.

12. What question did Barbara Kingsolver dislike having to answer?
(a) How do you survive having been divorced?
(b) What is your book about?
(c) How do you support yourself?
(d) What are you working on now?

13. What did Barbara Kingsolver grow up expecting?
(a) A romantic poet.
(b) A knight on a white horse.
(c) Prince Charming.
(d) A certain amount of abuse.

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

15. Where is the Heard Museum?
(a) Tucson.
(b) Phoenix.
(c) Tenerife.
(d) Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Horse Lick Creek threatened by, when Barbara Kingsolver visited?

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver's book tour entail?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver want her daughter to learn at the Heard Museum?

4. What crop crowded out native plants in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?

5. What animal went extinct in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?

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