Kindred Quiz 1

What did Dana lose on her last trip home?

• Her foot

• Her left arm

• Her right arm

• Her eyesight

Based on the details in the Prologue, why was Kevin released from custody? Select all of the correct answers.

• There were no witnesses.

• The police could not determine what injured Dana.

• Dana convinced them to let him go.

• The neighbors saw Dana disappear.

Interpreting symbols: In the Prologue, why did Dana refer to the police as "shadows?" Choose the most reasonable answer.

• She was disoriented from her experience.

• She thought they were ghosts.

• She did not trust the police.

What happened to Kevin after Dana was taken to the hospital?

• He was arrested.

• He disappeared.

• He left town.

• He was also hospitalized.

The first time she travels back in time, Dana has just celebrated ___.

• her 26th birthday

• her son's birthday

• finishing her first novel

• her college graduation

The first time she travels through time, Dana is interrupted in the middle of ___.

• unpacking books

• cleaning the kitchen

• grocery shopping

• telling a story

Which detail from the scene at the river best shows the reader that Dana has traveled to a different historical time period?

• "She had worn a long dark dress that covered her from next to feet."

• "The trees I'd been near, for instance, were pine trees..."

• "And there was a boy drowning. I saved him."

• "Rufus. Ugly name to inflict on a reasonably nice-looking little kid."

Based on the scene at the river, Dana can be characterized as all of the following, except

• Empathetic

• Caring

• Adaptable

• Apathetic

Fill in the blanks with the best answers below.

Kindred is written in the ___ person point-of-view from the perspective of a/an ___ woman.

• first; modern

• second; modern

• third; modern

• first; enslaved

Choose two (2) statements that best describe the purpose of the Prologue?

• The prologue prefigures the extreme violence that will characterize the novel, preparing us for the physical suffering that pervades Dana’s adventures in the antebellum South.

• The prologue was primarily written to confuse the reader with unnecessary details of the story.

• By refusing to provide readers with basic information about Dana and Kevin, the prologue creates mysteries that induces them to keep reading.

• The purpose of the prologue is to make the reader distrustful of the police that arrested and interrogated Kevin.