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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 would Barbara Kingsolver find on the sidewalk in front of her house before she moved to Tucson?

2. What predisposes human males to infidelity, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

3. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize monogamy?

4. What did Camille do on purpose, when Barbara Kingsolver warned her not to?

5. How long does Barbara Kingsolver say it would take her mother a full week to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the title of this essay signify?

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

4. Describe Kingsolver's trip to La Gomera.

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

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

7. Why does Barbara Kingsolver say the Terrible Twos and the teen years are dreaded by parents?

8. Why did Barbara Kingsolver move to Tucson?

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

10. What problem does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system was plagued by, in 'How Mr. Dewey Decimal Saved My Life'?

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 is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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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