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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose work was Barbara Kingsolver reading during this work?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) T. S. Eliot.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

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

4. What is in stone soup?
(a) Potatoes, carrots and kale.
(b) Rice and lamb.
(c) Whatever people can throw in.
(d) Chicken stock and potatoes.

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

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

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

8. What is Somba the birthplace of, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Voodoo.
(d) Blues.

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

10. What instrument did Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter play at the Museum?
(a) Pan pipes.
(b) Clarinet.
(c) Drums.
(d) Piano.

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

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

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

14. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the effect of 'Silence of the Lambs'?
(a) Harmful to society.
(b) Useful, dream-like catharsis.
(c) Constructive criticism for society.
(d) Pure fantasy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Barbara Kingsolver sad when she collected mussels from Horse Lick Creek?

2. Why was Barbara Kingsolver reluctant to join the band?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver accuse the American military of doing to Iraq in 1991?

4. Why were the Titan Missiles decommissioned, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?

5. What information does Barbara Kingsolver say the Pentagon suppressed?

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