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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 does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the difference between mothering now and when she was a child?

2. What is the benefit of establishing boundaries, according to Barbara Kingsolver?

3. Who discovered Barbara Kingsolver's contraband?

4. What skill did Camille develop during Barbara Kingsolver's travels with her?

5. How did Barbara Kingsolver respond to the demands of fashion as an adult?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where does the idea of private property come from?

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

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

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

6. What lesson is Barbara Kingsolver trying to teach her daughter about housekeeping?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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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