The document contains questions from a quiz about the novel "The Bean Trees" by Barbara Kingsolver. It tests the reader's comprehension on key details from the story, including characters' names and backstories, significant events, symbols, and descriptions. The questions cover a range of topics to assess understanding of plot points, themes and character development throughout the narrative.

1. The Bean Trees Quiz # 1 Jasmin Vargas
1.What did New Hardbine’s father loose in the accident?
-his hearing.
2.What was the name the main character was known for and what is the story behind the name?(in the
beginning)
-Missy, when she was three she told her mom to call her Miss Marietta because she had to call
everyone Mr. or Mrs.
3.What kind bugs walked on water when she went fishing
-Jesus Bugs
4.Complete the sentence :
Mama always said__________ and ___________ was not my __________.
-barefoot and pregnant was not my style.
5.Why did Mr. Walter give her the job?
-She was the first one to ask
6.What is another name for red blood cells?
-platelets
7.What did the paramedics mean when they said one of them was hot and the other cold? Who were they?
- They meant that Jolene was alive and Newt had died.
8.What was the baby's girls name and why was given?
-Turtle, because she held on tight to anything she could get hold of, like a mud turtle.
9.Why didn't Lou Ann want her baby to be born on Christmas Day?
- It was the day Angel had an accident and got an artificial knee
10.Years ago Lou Ann threw a package of what at Angel that made them laugh and end their argument?
-baloney
11.From being dragged several yards, what probably saved Angel's life?
-His boot
12.When Lou Ann was little she used to draw a circle in the dirt with her jackknife, what does this remind
her of now that she's pregnant?
- When she rides the bus she feels like there is a magic circle surrounding her, the men on the bus don't push
into her and touch her.
13.It was late in the night and Lou Ann's eye sockets felt empty this reminded her of what?
- the time she had gotten seawater in her eyes
14.Extra Credit:
How did the main character describe the appearance of the red blood cells?
- they looked like little catchers' mitts