Parable of The Sower

The novel, Parable of The Sower, is set between the years...

• 1993-1997

• 2024-2027

• 2054-2057

The novel's protagonist (main character) is ...

• Lauren

• Keith

• Octavia

• Cory

The novel's bleak landscape, misery, and human suffering depict

• an agrarian society

• a utopian future

• a dystopian future

• an altruistic society

Lauren's unusual condition that allows her to feel others' pain is called...

• hypermobility

• hyperempathy

• hypoempathy

• heterogeneity

(Select all that are true) The author includes these ideas to emphasize the effects of climate change:

• six years without rain

• people migrating

• the wealthy stockpiling food and resources

• desperate people killing each other

Which animals are depicted as the most dangerous in Butler's novel?

• rattlesnakes

• bees

• dogs

• spiders

Lauren's personal philosophy develops into a religion that she calls...

• Earthseed

• Mother Earth

• Father Earth

• Gaia

(Select all that are true) On Keith's 13th birthday he is given a BB gun. This symbolizes...

• That he is now a man.

• That he is still a child.

• That he is not yet mature enough to possess a gun.

• That he is expected to protect himself

(Select all that are true) Butler foreshadows the destruction of Lauren's neighborhood by ...

• showing thieves break into their homes

• having Lauren comment on the need to have a plan

• Showing that Amy was shot through the metal gate

• None of the above

When Keith returns alone from the outside a second time, his father...

• embraces him and tells him he loves him.

• beats him bloody

• gives him a stern reprimand