Kindred: The Fire (Part 2)

Octavia E. Butler's Kindred

The Fire: Part 2

Directions: Read subchapters 4-6 (pp. 37-51) and then complete the following tasks. You must get 80% accuracy or higher to get credit for this assignment.

Multiple Choice

How does the scene between Alice and the patrollers develop one of the novel's themes?

• It uses characterization to prove that slaves were prone to rebellion

• It uses an atmosphere of violence and fear between blacks and whites

• It uses imagery to show that free black people had nothing to fear

• It uses dialect to show that slaves are ignorant, lazy trouble makers

Multiple Choice

Dana witnesses all of the following happen EXCEPT…

• A black man, woman, and little girl were thrown out of a cabin.

• The man and woman were savagely punched by a patroller.

• The little girl cried while watching her father get whipped.

• The little girl was beaten and then kidnapped by the patrol.

Multiple Choice

What is the connection between Dana and Alice?

• There is no connection between Dana and Alice

• Alice is Dana’s grandmother

• Alice is Dana’s great-aunt

• Alice is Dana’s ancestor

Multiple Choice

What is significant about Dana’s fear for her life?

• It is the way in which she can return to the present

• It proves that Dana can be killed while in the past

• It proves that Dana can change her family's future

• It is a normal fear based on a violent situation.

Open Ended

How is the protagonist further developed in The Fire? That is, how does experience begin to change her and how does she grow in her knowledge and understanding of the world and herself? Provide a direct quote (cited) from the text to support your answer.

Open Ended

What might the author want her 21st century readers to think about and consider while reading this book? [Consider this before answering: if she only wanted us to think about the atrocities of slavery, then there would be no need to have her protagonist travel back and forth through time.]

Your answer should be 2-3 sentences.