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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her fan mail?
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Goofy.
(d) Flattering.

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

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

10. Why was Barbara Kingsolver reluctant to join the band?
(a) She had not played in a long time.
(b) The other players were not very good.
(c) She didn't want to embarrass herself.
(d) She didn't have time for all the rehearsing.

11. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her readers assume about her work?
(a) That she bases her characters on people in her life.
(b) That she is writing for admiration.
(c) That she is making everything up.
(d) That she writes from newspaper clippings.

12. What makes writing rewarding for Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Persistence.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Talent.

13. What was Barbara Kingsolver inspired by, in this writer?
(a) His success.
(b) His enlightenment.
(c) His peacefulness.
(d) His curiosity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver begin to use more of as she wrote her later books?

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

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

4. What question did Barbara Kingsolver dislike having to answer?

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

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