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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 is Barbara Kingsolver sure Americans don't know about Iraq and Kuwait?

2. What did Barbara Kingsolver want her daughter to learn at the Heard Museum?

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

4. Whose work was Barbara Kingsolver reading during this work?

5. Why were Barbara Kingsolver's friends jealous of her book tour?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Barbara Kingsolver's visit to Ouidah.

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

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

8. What kinds of response did Barbara Kingsolver typically receive from fans?

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

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

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

Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.

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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