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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. What are Dana and Kevin doing in Part I when she time-travels for the first time?

2. Who cannot speak at the Weylin household?

3. Where do Kevin and Dana live?

4. What does Dana's uncle say after she says she is marrying a white man?

5. Where did Kevin and Dana first meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Kevin and Dana realize they have in common early on?

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

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

5. Why are white slave-owners so afraid of slaves learning to read?

6. Who do the police think might have injured Dana in the Prologue?

7. Why is Carrie the only one of Sarah's children not to be sold?

8. Why does Dana suspect Margaret Weylin is so mean?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does "freedom" mean to different characters in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does Butler's prologue shape and set the reader's expectations for the rest of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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