Bean+Trees+17

After reading chapter 17 you should be able to answer the following questions. The test on //The Bean Trees// will be drawn from these questions.

1) What was buried in Oklahoma by:

A) Taylor B) Estevan & Esperanza C) Turtle

2) How will Estevan keep in touch with Taylor?

3) Will Lou Ann go to live with Angel in Montana? Why or why not?

4) What did Taylor tell Lou Ann about the meteor shower?

5) What do rhizobia do?

Discussion Questions:

1) Pick one of the major characters in this story. In a good paragraph tell what they wanted, what they had to let go of, and how they have come to terms with this loss.

2) "The wisteria vines on their own would just barely get by...but put them together with rhizobia and they make miracles." (p 305) In a good paragraph tell how one of the major characters was able to "thrive" in poor soil with the help of others.