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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ike buy a house with upfront money from a recording contract?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Miami.
(c) South Los Angeles.
(d) San Diego.

2. What song did Ike write for someone else and Tina ended up doing the demo?
(a) Rag Doll.
(b) Proud Mary.
(c) River Deep-Mountain High.
(d) Fool in Love.

3. How can Tina best be characterized as a child?
(a) Moody.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Shy.
(d) Energetic.

4. What type of music did Tina like during this time?
(a) Hymns.
(b) The faster the better.
(c) Waltzes.
(d) Barbershop.

5. Which of the following roles did Ann Cain fill in the Turner household?
(a) Ike's lover.
(b) Business manager.
(c) All of these.
(d) Housekeeper.

6. What was Tina's relationship with her mother?
(a) Cordial.
(b) Close.
(c) Detached.
(d) Inseparable.

7. What did Tina throw at Ann Cain one night?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A table.
(c) A lamp.
(d) A bench.

8. How did Tina meet Ike Turner?
(a) She asked him to dance at a community dance.
(b) Alline was dating one of his band members.
(c) They went to the same church.
(d) They ran into each other at a record store.

9. What was Tina Turner's given name?
(a) Angie May Bilson.
(b) Anna Mae Bolton.
(c) Anne Marie Bullock.
(d) Anna Mae Bullock.

10. How long do Tina's parents live away from their daughters due to work circumstances?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

11. What historical event occurs in 1941 that also changes Tina's life?
(a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(b) The Civil Rights movement.
(c) Women's right to vote.
(d) The Great Depression.

12. Who is the white girl Ike hired to be an Ikette?
(a) Birdie Bramlett.
(b) Bonnie Bramlett.
(c) Betty Branson.
(d) Bonnie Burns.

13. Why did Tina need to find a new place to live?
(a) Her grandmother's house burned down.
(b) Her grandmother died.
(c) She got pregnant.
(d) She flunked out of school.

14. Who was the white couple Tina worked for as a girl?
(a) The Millers.
(b) The Hendersons.
(c) The McKinneys.
(d) The Sanderses.

15. When was Tina Turner born?
(a) November 26, 1939.
(b) October 28, 1938.
(c) September 15, 1934.
(d) June 25, 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ike name his own band?

2. Who was the young white girl Ike brought in for household duties?

3. When did Tina become pregnant with Ike's child?

4. Tina feels that her mother did not want ________________.

5. Why did Bonnie not last as an Ikette?

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