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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. Where did Ike want to move to become a big star?

2. To what city does Tina travel to visit her parents while they are working away?

3. What was Tina's relationship with her sister?

4. What was the first instrument Ike played?

5. Who is the father of Tina's child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Ike Turner's given name and where was he born?

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

3. Why did Tina's parents live away from their daughters for two years?

4. Who was Ann Cain and what role did she have in Ike and Tina's life?

5. What did Tina's parents do that eventually broke up the family?

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

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

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

9. When did Ike and Tina begin their relationship?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hatred takes on an almost human persona in second part of the book. What was the source of the hatred? Why was the hatred pervasive? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in the rural South in the mid-twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What belief system about black women would Tina have carried with her throughout her life? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Tina admitted that she should not have stayed with Ike as long as she did because of the abuse. Why did Tina stay after she was abused the first time? What was her internal need that would allow her to be abused on a regular basis? What would Tina advise a woman today if she were to find herself in a toxic relationship? Explain.

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