The Bean Trees | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. What type of car does Taylor buy after she decides to leave home?

Volkswagon bug.

2. Narrator, Taylor Greer, was formerly known as:

Marietta.

3. What type of town does the narrator find herself in while in Oklahoma?

Cherokee.

4. What event in Taylor's life influences her to leave home?

The brutal death of a friend.

5. Where did Taylor work while living in Kentucky?

Pittman County Hospital.

6. What are Taylor's favorite colors?

Red and turquoise.

7. Taylor's teacher, Hughes Walter, helped her get her first job. What subject did he teach?

Science.

8. Which character was left deaf by an accident?

Mr. Hardbine.

9. What is it that causes girls to drop out of Taylor's school in Kentucky?

Pregnancy.

10. What is Mama's profession?

House cleaner.

11. Why was Taylor chosen for the job in her hometown?

She was the first student to...
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