Characters 1
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Literary Terms
Plot 1
Plot 2
100

How old is Taylor Bankole?

57

100

Who are the first two people that join Lauren after the town of Robledo is destroyed?

Harry Balter and Zahra Moss

100

What are the four types of allusions?

Biblical, literary, classical, historical

100

What valuable natural resource experiences cost inflation in this novel?

Water

100

What is the official name of the community that Lauren creates at the end of the novel? (Hint: it's not Earthseed).

Acorn

200

Which character is neglected and accidentally starts a fire?

Amy Dunn

200

Who is Lauren's hometown boyfriend?

Curtis Talcott

200

Lauren mentions the story of Job when describing what major event early on in the story?

The hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico

200

What is Lauren doing when she comes up with the name "Earthseed"?

Gardening in her backyard, thinking about how seeds travel

200

Who wins the presidential election of 2024 in this novel? (first and last name)

Christopher Donner

300

Which character goes missing and is presumed dead after a failed search to find them?

(Reverend Olamina) Lauren's father

300

Who does Lauren consider to be the first real convert to Earthseed?

Travis Douglas

300

Each chapter of Parable of the Sower begins with a quote from Earthseed: Books of the Living. What literary term describes this type of quote?

Epigraph

300

According to Lauren, what is the destiny of Earthseed?

To take root among the stars

300

In her dream at the beginning of the novel, what is Lauren doing?

Flying

400

What does Keith receive as a gift for his birthday?

A BB gun

400

What is the name of the city that Joanne Garfield and her family move to?

Olivar

400

What biblical story does Reverend Olamina teach his congregation after his fight with Lauren about the need to prepare the town for a potential crisis?

Noah's flood

400

What do Lauren and Taylor initially bond over?

Their Yoruba last names

400

What does Keith steal from home that leads to his father forcing him to share his misdeed with the town church?

A key

500

Why does Allison Gilchrist feel responsible for becoming a "substitute parent" for Justin Rohr?

Her own baby son was killed by her father
500

What is the name of Allison Gilchrist's sister?

Jill

500

Parable of the Sower is told through a series of diary entries. What literary term best describes this form of storytelling?

Epistolary

500

What does Lauren rescue Taylor from in their first encounter?

An earthquake

500

The death of two people early on in the novel inspire Lauren to write her first Earthseed passage. One is Mrs. Sims. Who is the other?

The astronaut (Alicia Leal)

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