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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. Who is Tina's father?

2. What was the name of the club in Ripley where Tina's family goes for entertainment?

3. What did Ike name the back-up singers in the group?

4. Who had also moved in with Tina's mother?

5. What abusive behavior of Ike's had Ann Cain witnessed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Tina meet her first love, Harry Taylor?

3. How did Tina meet Ike Turner?

4. What were the circumstances under which Ike first beat Tina?

5. What was the extent of Ike's infidelity?

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

7. Describe Tina's older sister.

8. Describe Tina Turner as a child.

9. What roles did Ike and Tina assume in the revue when they moved to Los Angeles?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Tina Turner. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What is her primary motivation at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the cultural climate in America in the late 1950s and why the time was right for Ike and Tina's music to emerge. What were the rebellious trends coming out of California at the time? Why was black music considered elite among young white kids during this time?

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