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. What job did Barbara Kingsolver take at 25?
(a) Animal behaviorist.
(b) Writer.
(c) Pianist.
(d) Activist.

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

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the majority of her fan mail?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Pandering.
(c) Encouraging.
(d) Critical.

4. What are Barbara Kingsolver's feelings about nuclear weapons?
(a) They should be banned.
(b) They should only be used to avert all-out war.
(c) They work as effective deterrents.
(d) They should only be possessed by two or three nations.

5. Where does Barbara Kingsolver say she is questioned most?
(a) Her essays.
(b) Her non-fiction.
(c) Her fiction.
(d) Her poetry.

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

7. Why were Barbara Kingsolver's friends jealous of her book tour?
(a) She was going to be famous.
(b) She was traveling first class.
(c) She was getting to see the U.S.
(d) She was going to be rich.

8. Who was in this band with Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) A boyfriend.
(b) Her father.
(c) Another author.
(d) Her neighbor.

9. What did Barbara Kingsolver and a friend ask to do at the mall?
(a) Organize a benefit concert.
(b) Hold a protest.
(c) Hand out pamphlets about the war.
(d) Sell raffle tickets to raise money for peace organizations.

10. What made Barbara Kingsolver feel that she was being patriotic?
(a) Buying American-made goods.
(b) Protesting peace protests.
(c) Petitioning to boycott Iraqi goods.
(d) Protesting the Gulf War.

11. What was Camille thrilled by at Horse Lick Creek?
(a) Ancient ruins.
(b) Cliff dwellings.
(c) Deer tracks.
(d) Crayfish.

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

13. What were Barbara Kingsolver's feelings about being a 'rock star'?
(a) She was openly hungry for fame.
(b) She was not enthusiastic.
(c) She was secretly hungry for fame.
(d) She was disappointed when she realized what along shot it was.

14. When does Barbara Kingsolver say Camille feels bad about being from a divorced home?
(a) When her mother is late to pick her up from school.
(b) When people say they feel bad for her.
(c) When mothers won't let their children play with her.
(d) When she wakes up in the night with nightmares.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Barbara Kingsolver greeted in Africa?

2. What makes writing rewarding for Barbara Kingsolver?

3. What was unique about Haleakala?

4. What is Somba the birthplace of, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. How would Barbara Kingsolver answer this question?

(see the answer keys)

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