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Kingsolver Trivia
1. Barbara Kingsolver started writing when she was... A) a child B) a teenager C) a college student D) a grad student 2. THE BEAN TREES, Kingsolver's first book published in 1988, won the following award: A) National Book Award B) American Library Association Award C) National Book Critics Circle Award D) PEN/Faulkner Award 3. Kingsolver attended DePauw University in Indiana and majored in... A) Biology B) English C) History D) Psychology 4. In graduate school Kingsolver took a writing class with what prominent author? A) Ann Beattie B) Francine Prose C) Sue Miller D) Joyce Carol Oates 5. During her years in school, Kingsolver had a wide array of jobs, which one did she NOT have: A) X-ray technician B) Housecleaner C) Archaeologist D) Movie theater usher 6. Kingsolver was suffering from what right before she wrote her first novel? A) Postpartum depression B) Asthma C) Insomnia D) Hypochondria 7. Where did she start writing The Bean Trees? A) in a closet B) in a coffee shop C) in a bathroom D) in a library 8. What author did Kingsolver discover that triggered her own political activism in her writing? A) Doris Lessing B) Margaret Atwood C) Joan Didion D) Louise Erdrich 9. What is the name of the literary prize Kingsolver established for writers? A) Bellvedere B) Bellsayer C) Bellmeade D) Bellwether 10. Kingsolver plays what instruments with her husband, Steven Hopp? A) harmonica and saxophone B) violin and bass C) guitar and drums D) hand drums and keyboards
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