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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 does Tom tell Rufus he was a fool for promising Dana?

2. What does Rufus say Dana does not have to bargain with?

3. Who told on Dana when she tried to run away?

4. Why does Rufus say he lied to Dana about sending her letters to Kevin?

5. Where does Rufus say Dana is when she is at the Weylin house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dana refuse to drive once she starts time-traveling?

2. How does Kevin's family react to his marrying Dana, a Black woman?

3. Why does Rufus say Tom Weylin "had" to beat Dana for running away?

4. In Part IV, how long has Kevin been alone in the 1800s?

5. Why does Dana get beaten so badly in Part IV?

6. In Part III, what is one thing that scares Dana about Rufus?

7. In Part III, how is Rufus's life in danger when Dana is called back to see him as an adult?

8. What does Dana convince Rufus to do for Alice and Isaac because of his violence against them both?

9. Why does Tom Weylin end up sending a letter to Kevin telling him Dana is at his house?

10. Who does Dana ask for help when she returns to 1976 in Part III, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character or characters undergo the most extreme changes throughout the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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