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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver accuse the American military of doing to Iraq in 1991?
(a) Crippling its nuclear programs.
(b) Destroying the water system.
(c) Selling its debt.
(d) Massacring its people.

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

4. When would Barbara Kingsolver remember her childhood?
(a) When life got her down.
(b) When she started a new book.
(c) When she thought life was too easy.
(d) When she was anxious about her siblings.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. What does Barbara Kingsolver begin to use more of as she wrote her later books?
(a) Flawed protagonists.
(b) Violence.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

14. What does Barbara Kingsolver use less as she wrote her books?
(a) Flawed protagonists.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Violence.

15. 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 only be used to avert all-out war.
(d) They should be banned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did fans write to give Barbara Kingsolver?

2. What is Haleakala?

3. How was the poaching of silverwood stopped?

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver build behind her house?

5. What myth does Barbara Kingsolver say is starting to be exposed?

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