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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. Where did Barbara Kingsolver travel to in 1991?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

2. What is the benefit of establishing boundaries, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Fixing behavior quickly.
(b) Allowing for individual interpretation.
(c) Controlling a child's behavior.
(d) Giving a child strong incentives.

3. What was Camille told every day when she was four?
(a) That she was pretty.
(b) That she was a nuisance.
(c) That she should keep quiet.
(d) That she had a great potential.

4. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?
(a) That a woman can be head of a household.
(b) That a marriage can remain intact through changes.
(c) That a woman has freedom to choose her sexual partners.
(d) That a woman can benefit by divorce.

5. What did one boy compare Barbara Kingsolver to in high school?
(a) The creature from the Black Lagoon.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Madame Curie.
(d) Bride of Frankenstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What period did Steinberg conclude was most trying or parents?

2. What would Barbara Kingsolver wear to school?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the mating ritual of the octopus?

4. When did Barbara Kingsolver decide to move to Tucson?

5. What would the creature do after these periods of dormancy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Barbara Kingsolver move to Tucson?

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her daughter at age two?

3. Why Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter travel to Tenerife?

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

5. How did Barbara Kingsolver get Buster?

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

7. What is the 'high tide of Tucson' a metaphor for?

8. How did the librarian save Barbara Kingsolver from her school's limitations?

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

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

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