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

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver build behind her house?

3. What did fans write to give Barbara Kingsolver?

4. How does Barbara Kingsolver characterize the hotel in Cotonou?

5. Who was in this band with Barbara Kingsolver?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter do at the Heard Museum?

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

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

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

6. What does Barbara Kingsolver say about how the Africans greeted her?

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

8. What did Kingsolver remember about her hometown in Kentucky when she took her daughter to visit there?

9. Why was Kingsolver opposed to the Gulf War?

10. Describe Barbara Kingsolver's visit to Ouidah.

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

Who do you think is the audience for Barbara Kingsolver's essays, and what do you think characterizes those readers? Who would be least likely to read Barbara Kingsolver, and why? What objections could readers make to her work?

Essay Topic 3

What contradictions are at the center of Barbara Kingsolver's work? What questions does she puzzle over without resolving them? What balances between irreconcilable oppositions does she strike?

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