WorksheetsThe Bean Trees: Honors Review
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
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Class
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1.
All of the following relationships are reciprocal, personal, and demonstrate that sometimes the best partners find a balance between give and take EXCEPT which one?
a)
Angel and Lou Ann
b)
Edna Poppy and Virgie May
c)
Estevan and Esperanza
d)
Taylor and Lou Ann
2.
Once Taylor gains legal custody of her, Turtle’s first name becomes April. What does this name change signify, suggest, or symbolize?
a)
baseball season, which signifies America's love of tradition
b)
The start of rain and foreshadows gloomy and dark times ahead
c)
the start of spring and rebirth
d)
the start of flood season and the flood of love and life
3.
What does Taylor come to realize about life when she considers the wisteria vine?
a)
we live in a competitive, cutthroat world; It's all about survival of the fittest
b)
If you want to have a meaningful life, get married
c)
If you don't have kids you are selfish and weak
d)
We all thrive and succeed with the help of others
4.
Which of the following locations is not a setting in the novel?
a)
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma
b)
Pittman County, Kentucky
c)
Dallas, Texas
d)
Tucson, Arizona
5.
Why does Kingsolver switch the narration between Taylor and Lou Ann for the opening chapters?
a)
To heighten the romance between them
b)
to heighten the romance between Lou Ann and Angel
c)
To build suspense of the meeting of the two women
d)
To build suspense of these two foes meeting and fighting
6.
Which of these themes is implicitly asserted about family, especially by the end of the novel?
a)
A family consists of a mom, dad, and child
b)
A family is what you make it, as long as the people are loving and caring
c)
Families fail if they are not all the same ethnicity, religion, or race
d)
Young parents will always fail
7.
What does Taylor’s car symbolize?
a)
growing and understanding
b)
insecuriy
c)
power
d)
wealth
8.
Which of the following adjectives could not be used to describe Taylor’s narration?
a)
colorful
b)
amusing
c)
natural
d)
judgemental
9.
What is the stated reason of Taylor’s epic journey?
a)
To escape limitations of her town and learn more about herself
b)
To escape her oppressive mom
c)
To explore and embrace how new cities are like Pittman County
d)
To become a mom and fufill her dream
10.
All of the following characters actively assist Taylor on her epic journey except whom?
a)
Dwayne Ray
b)
Lou Ann
c)
Estevan
d)
Mattie
11.
Which of the following is not a technique that Kingsolver uses to characterize Taylor with a unique voice that personalizes Taylor to characters?
a)
her straightforwardness
b)
her down-home speech
c)
her humor and warmth
d)
her passive-aggressive comments
12.
Which of the following themes extends the symbol of names or naming?
a)
Names are not important and do not provide any self-identity
b)
You are stuck with your birth-given name for life
c)
Naming someone shows dominance and superiority over others
d)
Naming other or oneself creates a new identity, opens new doors and signifies change
13.
Which of these themes or realizations about life does Taylor not learn by the end of the novel?
a)
The choices someone makes can define them.
b)
Friendship has the power to transform broken and lonely people.
c)
Life can be hard- Deal with it and don't even try to change
d)
People cannot survive without empathy and kindness
14.
Why does Kingsolver include so much visual imagery about nature in the setting?
a)
the characterize Taylor and Turtle as static characters
b)
To make the reader feel the work better
c)
To underscore the theme that some deprived people can flourish despite their difficult circumstances
d)
To underscore the theme of the importance of global warming
15.
Why is Turtle’s nickname fitting and symbolic for her character?
a)
Turtle's bite and snap and Turtle is aggressive and hostile
b)
Turtles have green skin and Turtle is always jealous
c)
Turtles hold on and never let go, and Turtle perseveres and survives
d)
Turtles eat alot of veggies and Turtle is a vegetarian
16.
Why does Taylor call her mother at the end of the novel?
a)
To update her mom on her and Turtle's life and to say thanks
b)
To tell her she's coming home
c)
To tell her mom she is going back to Tucson and will never come back
d)
To express her resentment for her mom's boyfriend
17.
What does Newt Hardbine symbolize?
a)
the "backwards" or "behind the times" world of Pittman County
b)
the lost dreams Taylor COULD HAVE pursued
c)
strong family relationships and love
d)
the bigotry and racism of Pittman County
18.
What does the dryness of the Southwestern landscape symbolize?
a)
How far outside the terrain is from normal existence
b)
the isolation of the American Southwest to the rest of American
c)
man's disillusionment with life, for the desert is confusing
d)
the struggle of the characters to put down roots and thrive in a new place
19.
While obtaining a birth certificate for Turtle, why does Esperanza cry most of all?
a)
Because she is losing Turtle
b)
Because she realizes she has to return home
c)
She knows Taylor has a crush on her man.
d)
Because she remembers Ismene and is FIGURATIVELY saying goodbye to her
20.
Which of the following is not a topic in the novel?
a)
dysfunctional families
b)
the plight of illegal immigrants
c)
the effects of the scientific process
d)
the shared troubles of women
21.
The cigarette burns on Estevan's back are __________ of life's harsh treatment of “undesirables.”
a)
allustions
b)
hyperboles
c)
similes
d)
symbols
22.
If birds are symbols, which bird incident shows that Turtle will survive the attack in the park?
a)
the bird lying dead in the road with a wing still flapping in the wind
b)
the bird who makes a nest in a cactus
c)
the quail crossing the road with her babies
d)
the sparrow caught in Virgie's house
23.
What does ISMENE represent?
a)
all the girls in the world
b)
bad girls
c)
our fears of losing a loved one
d)
the evil of a corrupt government
24.
Beans and bean trees are an important symbol in the novel. What theme do these symbols extend?
a)
Even in a barren wasteland, with support, people can prosper and thrive
b)
The show Turtle's developmental progress
c)
They are the only things that survive in Arizona
d)
We need the protein of beans to survive
25.
Which of the following themes can one state based on this passage:
“I don't think blood’s the only way kids come by things honest. Not even the main way. It’s what you tell them, Taylor. If a person is bad, say, then it makes them feel better to tell their kids they're even worse. And that's exactly what they'll grow up to be”?
“I don't think blood’s the only way kids come by things honest. Not even the main way. It’s what you tell them, Taylor. If a person is bad, say, then it makes them feel better to tell their kids they're even worse. And that's exactly what they'll grow up to be”?
a)
Children often live up or down to what is expected of them
b)
Heredity is very important
c)
Life stinks.
d)
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks
26.
All of the following statements explain what is ironic about Turtle’s adoption except which one?
a)
All people involved in the process lie, which is wrong, but it is what is RIGHT in the bigger picture
b)
Permission to adopt and caryy out a legal act is executed with the help of illegal aliens
c)
Taylor must break the law in order to do what is moral and right, since the government couldn't
d)
Taylor adopts Turtle, despite the fact she is a unreliable, immature caretaker
27.
Which of the following stereotypes is not perpetuated in Chapters 1-4?
a)
Everyone from Kentucky is a hillbilly
b)
Hillbilly women end up pregnant by the time they are 15
c)
Kentuckians are not intelligent because of their lack of education
d)
A woman's only purpose is to settle down and provide for her family
28.
What is ironic about Missy/Taylor and her mother’s head rights?
a)
Missy's father got his head chopped off my a tractor tire while digging trenches in WWII.
b)
Neither of them have any rights because they are ignorant hilllbillies
c)
They can legally live on Cherokee land even though they have never even met a Cherokee
d)
Neither of them have head rights because they don't have a true home
29.
What is ironic about Taylor when it comes to receiving and taking care of Turtle?
a)
Her names is Turtle but she doesn't even have a shell
b)
Even though Taylor says she doesn't want a Cherokee child, she gets one anyway
c)
Taylor spent the first 20 years hating her own gender, yet she inherits and cares for a baby girl
d)
Taylor spent the first 20 years of her life trying not to get pregnant, yet she takes care of a baby that isn't her as soon as she leaves town
30.
Which of the following statements does not explain how Lou Ann's husband's name is ironic?
a)
He is not very holy
b)
He is a horrible guardian
c)
He is heavenly and not of this world
d)
He is rarely, if at all, helpful
31.
Why does Taylor like Lou Ann more after Lou Ann gets a job?
a)
She gains self-confidence
b)
She starts paying rent
c)
She buys Turtle toys
d)
She gains 20 pounds
32.
Which of the following literary devices is evident in this quote:
“A cool breeze came up behind us, sending shivers along the spines of Mesquite trees”?
“A cool breeze came up behind us, sending shivers along the spines of Mesquite trees”?
a)
metaphor
b)
personificaion
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
simile
33.
What figurative language term is evident in the Miracle at Dog Doo Park?
a)
A metaphor for Angel's return to Lou Ann
b)
a metaphor for Turtle's future blooming
c)
a simile for Estevan's dilapidated station wagon
d)
a symbol for Mattie's conversion of Christianity
34.
Which of the following is not an example of foreshadowing in the novel?
a)
Before Ch 12, "Into the Terrible Night", the rattlesnake in the desert indicates danger is imminent
b)
Early in the novel. blues about what Mattie does are included (ex: The shop being called a sanctuary)
c)
Early in the novel, Esperanze becomes upset every time that she sees Turtle.
d)
Early in the novel, Taylor drops hints that she could be a great mom if the moment arose
35.
What event in Taylor’s life motivates her to leave home?
a)
an aquaintance dies brutally
b)
she becomes pregnant
c)
her mom dies
d)
she gets into her dream college
36.
When the sparrow that is trapped within the household hits a wall but survives, what does this action by the bird symbolize?
a)
They way Taylor will remained trapped and ensnared by life's difficulties
b)
How Taylor will be trapped by the choices she has made in life
c)
How Turtle will continue to encounter obstacles but rise above them and perservere
d)
How Turtle will continue to suffer and never rise aboe
37.
What is the climax of the novel?
a)
When Estevan and Esperanza find refuge beyond Arizona and are sure of their safety
b)
When Taylor decides she can be a good mom and attempts to get Estevan and Esperanza to safety
c)
When Taylor says bye to Estevan and realizes she doesn't need a man
d)
When Turtle buries her mother (figuratively) and says goodbye to her
38.
Which of the following idioms best supports this quote:
“It didn’t seem to matter to Turtle, she was happy where she was. . . . She watched the dark highway and entertained me with her vegetable soup song, except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes: Dwayne Ray, Mattie, Esperanza, Lou Ann and all the rest. And me. I was the main ingredient” (311-312)?
“It didn’t seem to matter to Turtle, she was happy where she was. . . . She watched the dark highway and entertained me with her vegetable soup song, except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes: Dwayne Ray, Mattie, Esperanza, Lou Ann and all the rest. And me. I was the main ingredient” (311-312)?
a)
The ball is in your court
b)
Blood is thicker than water
c)
It takes a village to raise a child
d)
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
39.
Who is Estevan criticizing saying when he tells the story about how people eat in Heaven and Hell?
a)
People who are so gluttonous or selfish in their own lives that they don't help others
b)
Those who refuse to LITERALLY share their food with others.
c)
Ignorant, old people who fail to realize the world is evolving
d)
Hypocritical Americans who divide citizens by politics and religion
40.
Who said...
“The wisteria vines on their own would just barely get by, is how I explained it…, but put them together with rhizobia and they make miracles.”
“The wisteria vines on their own would just barely get by, is how I explained it…, but put them together with rhizobia and they make miracles.”
a)
Taylor
b)
Mattie
c)
Turtle
d)
Lou Ann
41.
Who said...
“’Mr. And Mrs. Two-Two, do you understand that this is a permanent agreement?’”
“’Mr. And Mrs. Two-Two, do you understand that this is a permanent agreement?’”
a)
Bob Two-Two
b)
Mr. Jonas Wilford Armistead
c)
George Bush
d)
Mattie
42.
Who said...
“’I ought to be shot for looking like this…I look like I’ve been drug through hell backwards…Like death warmed over. Like something the cat puked up.’”
“’I ought to be shot for looking like this…I look like I’ve been drug through hell backwards…Like death warmed over. Like something the cat puked up.’”
a)
Taylor
b)
Esperanza
c)
Lou Ann
d)
Mattie
43.
Who said...
"Do you know, I spent the first half of my life avoiding motherhood and tires. And now I’m counting them as blessings?”
"Do you know, I spent the first half of my life avoiding motherhood and tires. And now I’m counting them as blessings?”
a)
Lou Ann
b)
Alice Greer
c)
Taylor
d)
Turtle
44.
Who said...
“I guess the main thing I came up here to tell you is, I don’t know how you go on, but I really hope you’ll keep doing it. That you won’t give up esperanza. I thought of that last night. Esperanza is all you get, no second chances. What you have to do is try and think of reasons to stick it out.”
“I guess the main thing I came up here to tell you is, I don’t know how you go on, but I really hope you’ll keep doing it. That you won’t give up esperanza. I thought of that last night. Esperanza is all you get, no second chances. What you have to do is try and think of reasons to stick it out.”
a)
Taylor
b)
Estevan
c)
Mattie
d)
Dwayne Ray
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