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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. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?

2. Why are children difficult in the developmental stage Camille was in?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she spent as little time as possible on?

4. Why does Barbara Kingsolver say she joined the group she joined?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about photographs and memories?

2. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her wardrobe in high school?

3. What is Barbara Kingsolver's philosophy for raising her own daughter?

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

5. How did America and Europe compare in terms of childrearing, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?

6. What was Buster's 'personality' like?

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

8. What is E. O. Wilson's theory on monogamy in human beings?

9. What inequality does Barbara Kingsolver explore in housekeeping?

10. How did the librarian save Barbara Kingsolver from her school's limitations?

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

What is the basis of Kingsolver's critique of violence and warfare? Is she mounting a philosophical attack on warfare, or is she merely expressing her disagreement with violent methods?

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