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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. Why does Dana think Margaret is jealous of her?

2. Who raises Dana?

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

4. What job does Tom Weylin give Kevin?

5. What is Rufus's mother's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kevin go to the library to research in Part I?

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

3. What does Tom Weylin ask Dana to do in Part II for him that surprises her?

4. What does Kevin tell Tom Weylin he has told Dana about his relationship with Dana?

5. What does Kevin insist Dana keep on her body for the next time she time travels?

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

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

8. How does Kevin react at seeing Dana disappear in Part I?

9. How does Rufus get hurt again in Part II?

10. Why does Rufus not like to read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What aspects of life in the antebellum South surprise - and disturb - Dana the most? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Butler chooses to describe the abuse and inhumanity of slavery - especially the beatings, killings, rape, and family separations the slaves endure - in such graphic terms? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Butler's decision to narrate the story from the first-person perspective affect the reader's experience of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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