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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How was Barbara Kingsolver greeted in Africa?
(a) 'Hello pretty lady'.
(b) 'Go home, American'.
(c) 'Hey lady, buy this from me'.
(d) 'Hello, white person'.

7. What is the Heard Museum a center for?
(a) Manifest Destiny.
(b) Spanish-American history.
(c) Native American culture.
(d) Pioneer culture.

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

9. Where is the Heard Museum?
(a) Tucson.
(b) Tenerife.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Phoenix.

10. Which of these things did Barbara Kingsolver NOT remember when she took Camille to visit her childhood home?
(a) Putting on plays.
(b) Collecting leaves to press.
(c) Catching crawfish.
(d) Catching birds build nests.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Barbara Kingsolver sure Americans don't know about Iraq and Kuwait?

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

3. What did fans write to give Barbara Kingsolver?

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

5. What is Haleakala?

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