TLM Comprehension Questions: Prologue + Chapter 1

Front

Narrator of the prologue?

Back

Whitechapel

Front

What was Whitechapel remembering as the novel opens?

Back

All of the above.

Front

Why has Whitechapel stopped crying?

Back

His grief has overwhelmed him, leaving him numb.

Front

Tone of the opening prologue?

Back

Troubled and grief-stricken.

Front

Why does Whitechapel want to forget?

Back

The memories are too painful.

Front

Whitechapel's self-description

Back

A "model slave"

Front

Whitechapel's treatment by family and community?

Back

Viewed as someone who betrayed them.

Front

Types of slaves according to Whitechapel:

Back

Two types: one who experiences everything to understand, and one who learns through observation.

Front

Worried about his son:

Back

Not a "model slave"; sought "paradise".

Front

Why did Whitechapel reveal his son's location to the plantation owner?

Back

Because he thought this was the only option where Chapel would survive.