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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. How many days is Dana alone in 1976 without Kevin in Part III?

2. What disease do people think Rufus has in Part IV?

3. Who tries to make Dana and Kevin stay in Part IV?

4. How do both Dana and Kevin get home together again in Part IV?

5. Who does Sarah tell Dana to ask if Rufus actually sent her letters to Kevin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conclusion does Dana's cousin reach about her injuries in Part III?

3. Why does Dana try to run away in Part IV?

4. What does Dana tell Tom Weylin about her continually saving Rufus in Part IV?

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

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

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

8. Why does Tom Weylin whip Dana, beating her badly?

9. When Dana goes back to the 1800s in Part IV after being home with Kevin, what does she immediately find?

10. What is different between marriages between slaves and those between whites in the 1800s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Dana and Kevin decide to travel to Maryland and trace the history of the people they interacted with through time-travel? 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

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

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