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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 did Ike do when some boys harassed Bonnie in Kentucky?

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

3. When was Tina Turner born?

4. What band did Tina and Alline go to East St. Louis to see?

5. What club did Ike and Tina play in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tina meet Ike Turner?

2. What was the nature of Tina's relationship with Harry Taylor?

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

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

5. How did wigs become a signature part of Tina's act?

6. Describe Tina Turner as a child.

7. Describe Tina's older sister.

8. What was Tina Turner's given name and where was she born?

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

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

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

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does she mean by calling it I, TINA? What is she trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each one.

Essay Topic 3

The search for love is an important element in Tina's life. How was Tina isolated as a child? How did she feel about her strained relationship with her mother? Why did she get involved with Ike Turner? Is there a pattern in Tina's destructive life choices? Explain.

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