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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. Which of the following roles did Ann Cain fill in the Turner household?

2. Why was Ike not interested in Tina as a girlfriend?

3. What activity did Tina participate in during high school?

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

5. Who is Tina's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Tina's older sister.

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Ike meet Tina?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Tina is very forthcoming about her premarital sexual relations and an abortion. Why did Tina make those decisions that she did? What would Tina advise young women today regarding such important life decisions? Would Tina make the same choices today if she had to do it all over again? Explain.

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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