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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What conclusion does Barbara Kingsolver reach about activism?
(a) To change anything, start with your own habits.
(b) The national culture is beyond one person's ability to change.
(c) To be a citizen involves accepting the nation's actions.
(d) To love your country is to stay and improve it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When were the Titan Missiles outside of Tucson taken out of service?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1989.

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

10. What sound woke Barbara Kingsolver on her first morning in Cotonou?
(a) Jet airplanes.
(b) Mosques calling worshippers to prayer.
(c) Explosions.
(d) Pigs.

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

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

13. Why does Barbara Kingsolver say the people are kept in the dark about wars?
(a) To protect them from hard truths.
(b) To preserve the illusion of prosperity and peace.
(c) To insulate politicians from criticism.
(d) To protect their support for it.

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

15. What was unique about Haleakala?
(a) The restaurant served fish that only lived in the lake in that volcano.
(b) The beach had pink sand.
(c) The road was extremely windy.
(d) The volcano created its own climate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barbara Kingsolver and a friend ask to do at the mall?

2. Whose work was Barbara Kingsolver reading during this work?

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

4. Where does Barbara Kingsolver say she is questioned most?

5. How was the poaching of silverwood stopped?

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