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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. Who takes care of Dana when she is whipped in Part IV?

2. What does Dana tell Tom Weylin she does for Rufus whenever she comes to the 1800s?

3. What does Dana use her denim bag for often?

4. What does Rufus say might have happened with Kevin?

5. Why does Kevin grow a beard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dana ask Rufus to do for her that he lies to her about in Part III?

2. What does Dana tell the others in the 1800s about malaria?

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

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

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

6. Why does only Dana return to 1976 after both she and Kevin travel back to the 1800s together?

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

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

9. What does Rufus do to Dana and Kevin in Part IV that shocks her?

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

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

Why does Dana think she and Kevin adjust so relatively quickly to the cultural expectations of them and their roles in the 1800s? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do Dana's earliest experiences with Rufus and the Wiley family set her expectations about living in the 1800s for her later "trips"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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