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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 Ike Turner's given name?

2. What was Tina Turner's given name?

3. Why did Bonnie not last as an Ikette?

4. To what did Tina attribute the band's dry spell?

5. Which of the following physical characteristics was Tina born with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tina meet Ike Turner?

2. When did Ike and Tina begin their relationship?

3. What happened the first and only time Ike hired a white girl to be an Ikette?

4. What was the source of detachment that Tina felt from her mother?

5. What was Ike and Tina's household like in Los Angeles?

6. What were the circumstances of Ike and Tina's marriage?

7. What were the circumstances under which Anna Mae transitioned into Tina Turner?

8. Where did the Bullock family live after the jobs ended in Nashville?

9. How did Ike meet Tina?

10. Describe Tina Turner as a child.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were Ike and Tina very popular in Europe even when they were not as hot in America? What were European audiences appreciating in their style that Americans were not? Why was Tina so comfortable in Europe, enough so that she relocated there permanently? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

From what you can glean from Tina's descriptions of her mother? Create a brief character study of Tina's mother. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What made her abandon her daughters? How did she reconcile with them? What emotional damage was done? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

What impact did Tina's estranged relationship with her mother have on Tina's life? What emotional wounds did Tina suffer? How did the rejection by her mother impact Tina's relationships with other people? Was it part of Tina's inability to stand up to Ike and stop the abuse? Did Tina feel like she deserved to be abused because she was unworthy? State your opinion.

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