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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 think about after her discovery?

2. Where does Barbara Kingsolver live, in Tucson?

3. Where did Barbara Kingsolver settle in her travels?

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

5. What made Barbara Kingsolver think that the creature was dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about American education?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate how consistent Barbara Kingsolver is with her own message. How much does she practice what she preaches? Where does she contradict herself, and how does she handle the contradiction?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "High Tide in Tucson". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

Define each of Barbara Kingsolver's modes, and describe what you think is her primary or strongest mode as an essayist. What type of essay is she best at? What is her weakest suit?

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