A Time To Keep

Question 1

A Time to Keep
Alienated male character, pitiable male character

Answer 1

“I was an outcast in my own village.”

Question 2

A Time to Keep
Lack of privacy, female characters being tightknit

Answer 2

“A half-dozen old women were at the end of their houses, waiting like hens for scraps of scandal.”

Question 3

A Time to Keep
Symbolism (fire), cyclical structure

Answer 3

“The first true fire had been lit.”

Question 4

A Time to Keep
Tension (religion), religious island communties

Answer 4

“All the women were there sitting before the missionary with open mouths, listening to that fairy tale.”

Question 5

A Time to Keep
Kind female character, religious value

Answer 5

“”We must repay hatred with kindness,” she said. “Anna was very hurt.””

Question 6

A Time to Keep
Trepidation about outsiders, alienated male characters, outsider main characters

Answer 6

“Since the marriage, I was, it seemed, unpopular.”