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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 Otis Redding hit did Tina record that made it big?

2. Tina got free from Ike after how many years of being with him?

3. Which rock star convinced Capitol Records execs to accompany him to Tina's performance at the Ritz?

4. Who did Tina order to move out of her house?

5. What role did Tina play in TOMMY?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes did Davies advise Tina to make in her act?

2. Who became Tina's new manager and where did her career as a single performer launch?

3. What was the state of Ike and Tina's career in the mid 1970s?

4. What did a psychic tell Tina about her career?

5. What was Tina's role in TOMMY and who were some of the other stars involved?

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

7. How did Ike and Tina begin a professional relationship with Phil Spector?

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

9. How did Davies manage to get Tina's single career launched in the United States?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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