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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 did Barbara Kingsolver buy in the unnamed town she found?
(a) Clothing.
(b) A leather purse.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Jewelry.

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?
(a) The rule of nature.
(b) A common practice in primates.
(c) Rare in nature.
(d) Common in vertebrates.

3. Parents have to strike a balance between boundaries and what, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
(a) Blinding themselves to behavior.
(b) Browbeating.
(c) Bondage.
(d) Blowouts.

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

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver name her creature?
(a) Bubba.
(b) Brother.
(c) Buster.
(d) Bruiser.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver think about after her discovery?

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

3. What was the consequence of the librarian's relationship with Barbara Kingsolver?

4. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system was plagued by, in 'How Mr. Dewey Decimal Saved My Life'?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What inequality does Barbara Kingsolver explore in housekeeping?

10. What was Barbara Kingsolver's solution to the question of private property in her new home in Tucson?

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