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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 skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?
(a) She became bi-lingual.
(b) She learned how to read.
(c) She learned to play violin.
(d) She learned to recognize political propaganda.

2. Why were women relegated to household chores, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Women were not educated.
(b) Men would not let them into the workplace.
(c) They were better at it than men.
(d) Men could support them.

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

4. What was Barbara Kingsolver fleeing from in the U.S.?
(a) Crime.
(b) Persecution.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Nationalism.

5. What news did Barbara Kingsolver get on the day she brought her first daughter home?
(a) That her book would be published.
(b) That her book was getting good reviews.
(c) That her mother had died.
(d) That her mother was furious about the book she had written.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what occasion does Barbara Kingsolver say she bought an expensive, chic outfit?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the priority in college?

3. What is the 'Tide of Tucson'?

4. How did private property develop, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What other developments does Barbara Kingsolver say resulted from hunting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Barbara Kingsolver move to Tucson?

5. Why does Barbara Kingsolver take up this meditation on monogamy in nature?

6. What lesson is Barbara Kingsolver trying to teach her daughter about housekeeping?

7. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe her experience at the health club?

8. What balance does Barbara Kingsolver have to strike in parenting Camille through her terrible twos?

9. Why does Barbara Kingsolver say the Terrible Twos and the teen years are dreaded by parents?

10. Describe Kingsolver's trip to La Gomera.

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