Barbara Kingsolver's
The Bean Trees
The Chaffey College Book 1999
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
"Rhizobia"
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Last Update
8/10/99
New Characters
Reverend Stone
Mrs. Stone
Irma Ruebecker
Mae Richey
Minerva Wickentot
Cameron John
Idioms, Slang, and Difficult Words
pack rat
the cat's meow
catharsis
groggily
horticultre
tempest
Cultural and Historical Allusions
Robin Hood
Underground Railroad
White-out
clapboard
Statue of Liberty
Shell gas station
"Give me your tired ..."
Burger King
The Music Man
Marian the Librarian
chain gang
Rastafarians
Mr. T.
Medical, Natural, and Geographic Allusions
Oklahoma City
rhizobia
ageratums
legume
Doberman pinschers
The Author
Chapter One, "The One to Get Away"
Chapter Two, "New Year's Pig"
Chapter Three, "Jesus is Lord Used Tires"
Chapter Four, "Tug Fork Water"
Chapter Five, "Harmonious Space"
Chapter Six, "Valentine's Day"
Chapter Seven, "How They Eat in Heaven"
Chapter Eight, "The Miracle of Dog Doo Park"
Chapter Nine, "Ismene"
Chapter Ten, "The Bean Trees"
Chapter Eleven, "Dream Angels"
Chapter Twelve, "Into the Terrible Night"
Chapter Thirteen, "Night-Blooming Cereus"
Chapter Fourteen, "Guardian Saints"
Chapter Fifteen, "Lake O' the Cherokees"
Chapter Sixteen, "Soundness of Mind and Freedom of Will"
Chapter Seventeen, "Rhizobia"
