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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 myth does Barbara Kingsolver say is starting to be exposed?
(a) The myth that success comes from hard work.
(b) The myth that spouses continue to love each other throughout marriage.
(c) The myth that marriage should be blissful.
(d) The myth that families can survive in isolation.

2. Who was in this band with Barbara Kingsolver?
(a) Her father.
(b) Another author.
(c) Her neighbor.
(d) A boyfriend.

3. What is in stone soup?
(a) Potatoes, carrots and kale.
(b) Chicken stock and potatoes.
(c) Whatever people can throw in.
(d) Rice and lamb.

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say is the consequence of watching violent films?
(a) Understanding the roots of violence.
(b) Protecting against violence.
(c) Acting out violently.
(d) Understanding the consequences of violence.

5. Where does Barbara Kingsolver visit in Essay 19: 'Infernal Paradise'?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Brunei.
(c) London.
(d) Madagascar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Steve?

2. What is the Heard Museum a center for?

3. Whose work was Barbara Kingsolver reading during this work?

4. What is Haleakala?

5. When would Barbara Kingsolver remember her childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kingsolver's idea of a family in 'Stone Soup'?

2. Why was Kingsolver opposed to the Gulf War?

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter do at the Heard Museum?

4. What threats to the Hawaiian ecosystems does Barbara Kingsolver describe?

5. What does Kingsolver mean by invoking the notion of stone soup?

6. Why did Barbara Kingsolver leave the U.S. for Spain, and what did her time away teach her?

7. Why had Barbara Kingsolver gone to Cotonou to visit?

8. Why was Kingsolver reluctant to join the Rock Bottom Remainders?

9. Describe Barbara Kingsolver's visit to Ouidah.

10. What did Kingsolver remember about her hometown in Kentucky when she took her daughter to visit there?

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