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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. Why was Barbara Kingsolver reluctant to join the band?

2. What was Horse Lick Creek threatened by, when Barbara Kingsolver visited?

3. What did fans write to give Barbara Kingsolver?

4. Which of these things did Barbara Kingsolver NOT remember when she took Camille to visit her childhood home?

5. What conclusion does Barbara Kingsolver reach about activism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Barbara Kingsolver leave the U.S. for Spain, and what did her time away teach her?

2. What was Barbara Kingsolver's experience with the Rock Bottom Remainders?

3. Why was Kingsolver opposed to the Gulf War?

4. Describe Kingsolver's training as an animal behaviorist.

5. What is Kingsolver's idea of a family in 'Stone Soup'?

6. Why did Barbara Kingsolver take Camille to see at the Heard Museum?

7. Why was Barbara Kingsolver told to 'love it or leave it'?

8. What were Barbara Kingsolver's thoughts about going on book tour?

9. What note does "High Tide in Tucson" end on?

10. What threats to the Hawaiian ecosystems does Barbara Kingsolver describe?

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

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

What does Barbara Kingsolver tell us about her marriages in these essays? What are her thoughts on marriage? Does Kingsolver's divorce and re-marriage form a consistent theme, or just a loose background presence?

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