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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 does Barbara Kingsolver use less as she wrote her books?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Flawed protagonists.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Violence.

2. When does Barbara Kingsolver say Camille feels bad about being from a divorced home?
(a) When she wakes up in the night with nightmares.
(b) When her mother is late to pick her up from school.
(c) When people say they feel bad for her.
(d) When mothers won't let their children play with her.

3. Where is the Heard Museum?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tucson.
(c) Tenerife.
(d) Phoenix.

4. What did Barbara Kingsolver build behind her house?
(a) A dog run.
(b) A garden.
(c) An outhouse.
(d) A pond.

5. What was Camille thrilled by at Horse Lick Creek?
(a) Deer tracks.
(b) Crayfish.
(c) Cliff dwellings.
(d) Ancient ruins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Steve?

2. What was unique about Haleakala?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the worst thing about book tour?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say could be purchased at Turner's General Store?

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say her readers assume about her work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Kingsolver opposed to the Gulf War?

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

3. How did Kingsolver learn to handle the question 'what is your book about'?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about how the Africans greeted her?

5. Describe Kingsolver's training as an animal behaviorist.

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

7. What note does "High Tide in Tucson" end on?

8. What were Barbara Kingsolver's thoughts about going on book tour?

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

10. What kinds of response did Barbara Kingsolver typically receive from fans?

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