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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 did Barbara Kingsolver expect would take her away from the band?

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

3. What did Barbara Kingsolver and her daughter make at the Museum?

4. How was the poaching of silverwood stopped?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Kingsolver opposed to the Gulf War?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Barbara Kingsolver's visit to Ouidah.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the basis of Kingsolver's critique of violence and warfare? Is she mounting a philosophical attack on warfare, or is she merely expressing her disagreement with violent methods?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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