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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rufus uses the n-word when referring to Black people, how does Dana react?

2. What does Kevin tell Tom Weylin he is doing in the South?

3. Who does Dana see when she comes back to her own time for the second time?

4. What does the doctor give Rufus for his broken leg?

5. What does Dana call Rufus as a nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dana lose on her last trip through time?

2. How does Margaret Weylin treat Dana and why?

3. What does Dana ask Alice's mother for in Part I?

4. How does Dana get away from the white male stranger assaulting her in Part I?

5. How does Dana save Rufus the first time she meets him?

6. Where do Kevin and Dana consider trying to go together if they are stuck in the 1800s, and why?

7. What does Dana witness when she goes to see Alice for the first time?

8. What is one way Kevin tries to convince Rufus he and Dana are really from the future?

9. How does Dana save Rufus the second time she meets him?

10. What does Rufus call Dana that she asks him repeatedly not to call her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring the meaning of the title Kindred in the entire context of the novel's action.

Essay Topic 2

How do both Dana's and Kevin's understanding of their spouse change due to their experiences in the past, time-traveling together? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Why is writing so important to both Kevin and Dana? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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