View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Barbara Kingsolver want her daughter to learn at the Heard Museum?
(a) To see from outside of her own culture.
(b) To pay attention to art work.
(c) To appreciate Native Americans' culture.
(d) To respect the mysteries of life and death.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What instrument was Barbara Kingsolver asked to play in a band?
(a) Flute.
(b) Trombone.
(c) Keyboard.
(d) Violin.

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

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

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

11. How would Barbara Kingsolver answer this question?
(a) By explaining patiently.
(b) By yelling at the person who asked.
(c) By imagining Tolstoy explaining what "War and Peace" was about.
(d) By changing the topic.

12. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the worst thing about book tour?
(a) The small crowds.
(b) Missing her daughter.
(c) The fake questions.
(d) The constant travel.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say could be purchased at Turner's General Store?

2. What is Haleakala?

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

4. Why were Barbara Kingsolver's friends jealous of her book tour?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her readers assume about her work?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 551 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample