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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. How did Barbara Kingsolver find a way to co-exist peacefully with her environment?
(a) By trapping and relocating the animals.
(b) By getting used to animals in her garden.
(c) By enclosing her garden.
(d) By shooting the animals.

2. What was uncommon about the beach where Barbara Kingsolver collected stones and shells?
(a) Tall waves.
(b) Pink sand.
(c) Unique species of crabs.
(d) Black sand.

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

4. Who made it through the trying times most successfully, according to Laurence Steinberg?
(a) Parents with extensive support networks.
(b) Parents with higher incomes.
(c) Parents with satisfying careers.
(d) Parents with bigger houses.

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she spent as little time as possible on?
(a) Managing money.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Revising.
(d) Housekeeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize Camille's morning routine?

2. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver beg her parents for one Christmas?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver allow her daughter to do, in their time together?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Barbara Kingsolver's philosophy of housekeeping?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver find when she started to read?

4. How would the Native Indians in Tucson bring rain after the dry season, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver get when she asked for go-go-boots?

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

7. Where does the idea of private property come from?

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

9. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her own parents' generation's parenting style?

10. What does the title of this essay signify?

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