KINDRED #1
What is the connection between Dana and Rufus?
Biologically related
Name that character...
novel’s protagonist; goes back in time to ensure Rufus and Alice have a child; protects Rufus from danger
Dana
True or False?
Isaac fights Rufus because he tried to rape his wife (Alice).
TRUE
Name that character...
Stuck back in time for 5 years
Kevin
Name that character...
novel’s antagonist; rapes Alice and impregnates her (Hagar); is killed by Dana
Rufus
Dana has been pulled back to the past twice. What two events bring her to Rufus?
- Drowning
- Curtains are on fire
What US state is Dana in when she visits the past?
Maryland
Name that character...
sold to Rufus after she is caught running away with a slave; commits suicide after Rufus tells her that he sold their children
Alice
In "The Fire," what did Dana do to the patroller before she returned to the present?
Knocked him unconscious
What US state is Dana when she returns back to the present?
California
Name that character...
whips Dana twice; abuses Rufus; ultimately sends Kevin a letter telling him about Dana’s return to the Weylin Plantation
Mr. Weylin
Name that character...
sold and shipped to Mississippi after being caught as a runaway; has both ears cut off as punishment
Isaac
What does Tom Weylin force Dana and the other enslaved people to witness while she is there in the past?
He beats/whips another slave for "talking back"
Name that character...
“grew up” with Rufus; learns how to read and write from Dana
Nigel
What incident ultimately causes Dana to return to the present in the chapter “The Fire”?
She's is afraid the patroller will kill her
What happened to Alice's father?
Beaten and taken away by patrollers
TRUE OR FALSE?
When Dana and Kevin go back to the past together, they lie and tell Mr. Weylin that they are from Massachusetts.
FALSE
What does Rufus do for Joe and Hagar after the funeral?
Frees them
What happened to Dana on her final return to the present?
She lost her arm
True or False?
Mr. Weylin sold all of Sarah’s children except Carrie (a mute child).
Why did Tom Weylin write to Kevin Franklin?
Rufus promised Dana he would and lied.
What happened to those who lived on the Weylin plantation after Rufus’s death?
Some escaped and some were sold.
What incident causes Dana to return to the present at the end of “The Fall”?
She is whipped by Tom Weylin
When Dana returned to the present without Kevin, how long was he trapped in the past?
5 years
What was the reason behind Alice’s final decision to end her life?
Rufus pretended that he sold her children