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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 Mick Jagger ask Tina to do during their tour?

2. When was the divorce final between Ike and Tina?

3. Which of the following was on Tina's first solo album?

4. Which of Tina's body parts did Ike break and still made Tina sing that night?

5. Where did Tina fly to the day after she left Ike in Dallas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ike's beatings of Tina escalate?

2. How did Ike's cocaine habit worsen his physical abuse of people?

3. How did Rhonda Graam try to help Tina get work and what was the major stumbling block?

4. What did Tina do for the first time in Dallas in July of 1976?

5. What song became Ike and Tina's last hit together?

6. Even though they are playing in Las Vegas, why did Ike and Tina still fall short of superstar status?

7. How did Tina's career begin to transition after her divorce from Ike?

8. What was meant by the term "black rock"?

9. How did Tina manage to get away from Ike in Dallas?

10. Describe Ike's deterioration in light of Tina's success in TOMMY?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tina Turner was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you know of Tina's life through this book, what were her biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did she manage through them? How did her coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of her life? Explain.

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

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would black women have had lonely lives in America in the mid 20th century? Why would Tina have had an especially lonely life being the wife of Ike Turner? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

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