Bean+Trees+8-10

After reading chapters 8-10, you should be able to answer the following questions. The test on //The Bean Trees// will be drawn from these questions.

1) Who is Taylor's mother marrying?

2) What is the miracle of "Dog Doo Park?"

3) What does the doctor tell Taylor about Turtle?

4) Where is Angel going?

5) What names does Turtle respond to?

6) Where does Estevan work?

7) Who are the nutters in Kentucky? How did they get their name?

8) What happened to Esperanza? Why did she do it?

9) Who is Ismene? What happened to her?

10) What does Lou Ann learn about Angel at the reunion?

11) What does Taylor learn about Edna?

12) What are the two meanings of "esperanza" in Spanish?

Discussion Questions

1) Give at least 3 examples from the story that show Turtle's "failure to thrive." Do you think she will recover? Why?

2) Would you have made the same choice that Esperanza made about Ismene? Why or why not?

3) Choose one character: Lou Ann or Taylor. Discuss how both meanings of "esperanza" carried them through.