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After reading chapter 14, you should be able to answer the following questions. The test on //The Bean Trees// will be drawn from these questions.

1) What happens when Taylor, Estevan, Esperanza and Turtle are stopped by immigration?

2) What is the mother tongue (language first learned) of Esperanza and Estevan?

3) What do Taylor, Estevan, and Esperanza have in common about their names?

Discussion Questions:

1) Compare Taylor and Estevan/Esperanza in how moving has affected their lives. How are their situations the same? How are they different? How have they grown from their experiences?

2) Discuss one of the following. Be sure to use examples from the story. A good answer will contain multiple examples from the story. It will also talk about what Taylor, Esperanza, and Estevan long or hope for.

(a) The feelings/relationship between Taylor and Esperanza.

(b) The feelings/relationship between Taylor and Estevan.