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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. Why were Barbara Kingsolver's friends jealous of her book tour?
(a) She was going to be famous.
(b) She was traveling first class.
(c) She was going to be rich.
(d) She was getting to see the U.S.

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver accuse the American military of doing to Iraq in 1991?
(a) Crippling its nuclear programs.
(b) Selling its debt.
(c) Massacring its people.
(d) Destroying the water system.

3. Who is Steve?
(a) Camille's father.
(b) Barbara Kingsolver's brother.
(c) Barbara Kingsolver's traveling partner.
(d) Camille's cousin.

4. What was unique about Haleakala?
(a) The road was extremely windy.
(b) The restaurant served fish that only lived in the lake in that volcano.
(c) The volcano created its own climate.
(d) The beach had pink sand.

5. What job did Barbara Kingsolver take at 25?
(a) Animal behaviorist.
(b) Pianist.
(c) Activist.
(d) Writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Barbara Kingsolver's friends doing in Africa?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say is the consequence of watching violent films?

3. Why were the Titan Missiles decommissioned, in Barbara Kingsolver's account?

4. What was Barbara Kingsolver inspired by, in this writer?

5. Where does Barbara Kingsolver say she is questioned most?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver see at the Hiroshima Museum?

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

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

5. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about the difference between her fiction and her non-fiction?

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

7. What was Barbara Kingsolver's experience with the Rock Bottom Remainders?

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

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

10. Why was Kingsolver opposed to the Gulf War?

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