Kindred Quizzes (The River, The Fire, The Fall, The Fight, and The Storm)
What year is it when Dana first travels back too see Rufus?
1815
What year is it when the reader is first introduced to Dana?
1976
How many living children does Alice have
2, Joe and Hagar
How old is Dana/what birthday is he celebrating when the story begins?
26 years old
How much grime has passed in Rufus and Kevin's time while Dana has been in the present?
5 years
Who is Joe?
Alice's eldest living son
Who is Isaac?
Alice's husband who is enslaved
Why does Rufus sell Sam—the slave who was talking to Dana in the cook house?:
Because Sam, took interest in Dana and he was jealous
Why did Mr. Weylin allow Sarah to keep Carrie rather that selling her?
Carrie is mute
When Dana strapless back to see Rufus, where is the Weylin Plantation?
Easton, Maryland
Why does Mrs. Weylin slap Dana across the face?
For sleeping in Kevin's room
Who is Hagar? Why is Dana pleased to meet her?
Hager is Alice and Rufus's son and Dana's great-grandmother. Dana thinks that now she might stop traveling back now that Hagar is born
What happens to Tom Weylin?
He has a heart attack and dies
What does Kevin do for a living after the labor agency?
He is a writer
Where is Kevin when Dana returns?
He is up north
Who doesn't Mr. Weylin trust educated slaves?
He thinks they will get the idea of freedom into other slaves heads
What job did Kevin's get while he was stuck in the past?
He was a teacher, but also helped slaves escape to freedom
What what Kevin planning to do at the library before Dana got dizzy in part 2 of the fall?
He was planning to research free papers so Dan could forge them for herself
Why have the other slaves started to treat Alice badly?
They believe she enjoys being with Rufus
How did Dana and Kevin's family's react to their marriage?
They were disapproving and refused to see them if they went through with it
How does Dana know she is getting pulled back?
She gets dizzy
What is the cause of Margaret's change in behavior?
She is an Opium addict
How does Margaret Treat Dana in this section?
She is much nicer and more calm, not longer having fits of rage
After the river and fire incidents, what happpens to Rufus (why is Dana called back for the third time)?
Rufus falls out of a tree and breaks his leg
What brings Dana. Back to the Antebellum South in this section?
Rufus getting beat up by Isaac for raping Alice
What does Rufus plan to do with his son, Joe, that he will not tell Alice?
Rufus plans to free Joe, in hopes that Alice will treat him better
Where do Dana and Kevin live in the United States?
Right outside of Los Angeles California
