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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 would Camille ignore, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Her mother's requests not to make a mess.
(b) Her mother's threats.
(c) Her mother's requests to pick up the pace.
(d) Her mother's instructions about making breakfast.

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

3. What is the purpose of revisionist history, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) To include other voices than white males' in historical narratives.
(b) To describe the randomness of key events in human history.
(c) To describe history as a process of progress.
(d) To tell the stories of white males from new perspectives.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose when she moved to Tucson?
(a) Her memory of her time with her family.
(b) Her affection for her family.
(c) Her connections to her family.
(d) Her sense of lived history with her living family.

5. How does Barbara Kingsolver say she survived her daughter's difficult periods?
(a) By giving her strict boundaries.
(b) By sending her to her room.
(c) By taking her to the zoo.
(d) By giving her books to read.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver find out about the creature's spells of dormancy?

3. What lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver compare the U.S. to other countries in terms of education?

5. What had Barbara Kingsolver smuggled back to Arizona from the Bahamas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Kingsolver's trip to La Gomera.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about who should be a parent?

5. What does the title of this essay signify?

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

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

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

9. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about photographs and memories?

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

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