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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Barbara Kingsolver vacation in the Bahamas?

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

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

4. Who made it through the trying times most successfully, according to Laurence Steinberg?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Kingsolver's trip to La Gomera.

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

6. Why did Barbara Kingsolver move to Tucson?

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

8. Where does intellectual testing come from, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?

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

10. What was Camille's experience of Spain like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has moving affected Barbara Kingsolver's life and outlook? What have the advantages and disadvantages of moving been? What trade-offs has it involved?

Essay Topic 2

What rules of writing does Barbara Kingsolver seem to follow in her essays? What rules does she break? What does Kingsolver's approach to the rules tell us about her literary self?

Essay Topic 3

Analyzing the various essays in "High Tide in Tucson", describe the impact Kingsolver's family had on her. What aspects of their influence does she cherish? What aspects has she distanced herself from? How has she compensated for the guilt that comes from distance?

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