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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 did Barbara Kingsolver give her creature regularly?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver lose when she moved to Tucson?

3. For what occasion does Barbara Kingsolver say she bought an expensive, chic outfit?

4. What would Camille ignore, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

5. What does anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman say about the African savannah?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize her daughter at age two?

2. Why does Barbara Kingsolver take up this meditation on monogamy in nature?

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

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

5. What did Barbara Kingsolver find when she started to read?

6. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe her experience at the health club?

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

8. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about American education?

9. What is Barbara Kingsolver's philosophy of housekeeping?

10. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about who should be a parent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes Kingsolver an American author? How does she envision her Americanism in her essays?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of "High Tide in Tucson"--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

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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