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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 did Barbara Kingsolver finally visit the Titan Missile Museum?

2. What does Barbara Kingsolver say was the most important part of her experience as a rock star?

3. What was Camille thrilled by at Horse Lick Creek?

4. How did Barbara Kingsolver think people would see her after she and her husband divorced?

5. What were Barbara Kingsolver's friends doing in Africa?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Kingsolver opposed to the Gulf War?

2. How did Kingsolver learn to handle the question 'what is your book about'?

3. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about the difference between her fiction and her non-fiction?

4. What does Barbara Kingsolver find when she hiked into the bottom of the volcano at Haleakala?

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

6. Why had Barbara Kingsolver gone to Cotonou to visit?

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

8. Why was Kingsolver reluctant to join the Rock Bottom Remainders?

9. What critique does Barbara Kingsolver make of violence in American art and culture?

10. What does Barbara Kingsolver see at the Hiroshima Museum?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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