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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Barbara Kingsolver think people would see her after she and her husband divorced?
(a) As an impostor.
(b) As a fallen woman.
(c) As scandalous.
(d) As a charity case.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Barbara Kingsolver want her daughter to learn at the Heard Museum?
(a) To appreciate Native Americans' culture.
(b) To see from outside of her own culture.
(c) To pay attention to art work.
(d) To respect the mysteries of life and death.

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

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

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

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

12. What animal went extinct in the environment Barbara Kingsolver visited?
(a) Dodo bird.
(b) Passenger pigeon.
(c) Komodo dragon.
(d) Mongoose.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sound woke Barbara Kingsolver on her first morning in Cotonou?

3. Where is the Heard Museum?

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

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the majority of her fan mail?

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