Bean+Trees+Q&A

Quiz 1 . How does Taylor spend the money she earns working at the hospital? She buys a Volkswagon bug 2 . How does Taylor acquire Turtle? A woman gives Turtle to Taylor 3 . What bird symbolizes Turtle? All of the above 4 . How do people eat in heaven, according to Estevan? By feeding each other with long spoons 5 . Why does Mattie take her friends into the desert one evening in July? So that they can smell the rain 6 . What signals Lou Ann’s growing sense of independence and confidence? All of the above 7 . Why was Turtle vulnerable to the prowler in the park? Edna Poppy, her baby-sitter, is blind 8 . What do Taylor and Estevan toss into the Lake o’ the Cherokees when they make their wishes? Beer pop-tops 9 . What does Mattie have in her garden besides vegetables and flowers? Car tires 10 . Of whom does Mattie remind Taylor? Alice Greer 11 . How does Turtle get her name? She has a firm grip 12 . What happens that causes Turtle to mutter her first sound? The car has to stop suddenly for a family of quail 13 . How does Sandi from Burger Derby afford baby-sitting for her child? She takes advantage of the mall’s free day care 14 . What are Alice Greer’s “head rights”? Her Cherokee blood 15 . What does Taylor identify as a reason she would have to give up Turtle? Esperanza asking if she could keep Turtle 16 . Who could be seen as Turtle’s tragic counterpart? Ismene 17 <span class="body_text">. What’s in the bottle that Granny Logan takes to Lou Ann? Tug Fork water 18 <span class="body_text">. What does Taylor avoid all through her years in Kentucky? Getting pregnant 19 <span class="body_text">. Where does Lou Ann end up working? At a salsa factory 20 <span class="body_text">. Of the following, who to the reader’s knowledge still goes by his or her original name? Lou Ann 21 <span class="body_text">. What allows Turtle’s successful adoption? Estevan and Esperanza pretend to be her biological parents 22 <span class="body_text">. Who is the patron saint of refugees? St. Christopher 23 <span class="body_text">. What does Taylor’s mother require of her before she leaves Kentucky? She has to learn about auto maintenance 24 <span class="body_text">. To what does Mattie compare her house? A bird sanctuary 2 5 <span class="body_text">. Who, at the end of the novel, is Turtle’s “main ingredient” in her vegetable-soup song? Taylor