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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 lesson does Barbara Kingsolver say she is teaching her daughter?
2. Where does Barbara Kingsolver live, in Tucson?
3. What was Camille told every day when she was four?
4. What does Barbara Kingsolver say she was looking for in Tucson?
5. What did H. H. Goddard devise?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Buster's 'personality' like?
2. How would the Native Indians in Tucson bring rain after the dry season, according to Barbara Kingsolver?
3. What problem does Barbara Kingsolver say her school system was plagued by, in 'How Mr. Dewey Decimal Saved My Life'?
4. What is the 'high tide of Tucson' a metaphor for?
5. How did America and Europe compare in terms of childrearing, in Barbara Kingsolver's opinion?
6. What lesson is Barbara Kingsolver trying to teach her daughter about housekeeping?
7. Why does Barbara Kingsolver discuss the origins of human agriculture?
8. Why does Barbara Kingsolver say the Terrible Twos and the teen years are dreaded by parents?
9. How did the librarian save Barbara Kingsolver from her school's limitations?
10. How does Barbara Kingsolver describe her experience at the health club?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How does Barbara Kingsolver balance following her own 'tides' and being self-critical or aware of the tides that move other people or things?
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