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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver allow her daughter to do, in their time together?
(a) Take the lead.
(b) Reverse their roles.
(c) Provide for her.
(d) Plan their outings.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose after twenty years in Tucson?
(a) Her Kentucky accent.
(b) Her memory of her family.
(c) Her sense of exceptionalism.
(d) Her sense of her history.

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize Camille's morning routine?
(a) Apathetic.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Rebellious.
(d) Lackadaisical.

4. What did Laurence Steinberg study?
(a) The process of setting boundaries for children.
(b) The non-verbal cues parents give children.
(c) The impact of children on parents' mental health.
(d) The impact of various parenting techniques.

5. Where did Barbara Kingsolver's creature live?
(a) An aquarium.
(b) A shoebox.
(c) A birdcage.
(d) A terrarium.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the creature's reaction to Arizona?

2. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver teach her daughter, instead of showing her how to make hospital corners?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was stronger in the place where she lived when Camille was four?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kingsolver's trip to La Gomera.

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the population of Tucson when she lives there?

3. What was Camille's experience of Spain like?

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her wardrobe in high school?

5. How did Barbara Kingsolver's sense of fashion change as she grew up?

6. What was Buster's 'personality' like?

7. What is Barbara Kingsolver's philosophy for raising her own daughter?

8. How did America and Europe compare in terms of childrearing, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?

9. Why does Barbara Kingsolver discuss the origins of human agriculture?

10. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the reaction to her books in her hometown?

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