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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rufus's father hit him?
(a) For being friends with a slave.
(b) For cooking.
(c) For taking money from his desk.
(d) For dancing.

2. What does Margaret call Dana when she finds out where she is sleeping in Part II?
(a) A rightly.
(b) A filthy black whore.
(c) A dirty wench.
(d) A nub.

3. Who is the child Dana saves in Part I?
(a) Alan.
(b) Robert.
(c) Helen.
(d) Rufus.

4. What does Dana ask Alice's mother for in Part I?
(a) Work.
(b) Sanctuary at their cabin.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Money.

5. What does Kevin once ask Dana to do for him that she refuses to do?
(a) Cook for him.
(b) Go to church with him.
(c) Move in with his mother.
(d) Type his work for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people in the 1800s often comment about regarding Dana's appearance?

2. Why does Tom Weylin whip Dana?

3. What is the closest town to the Weylin plantation?

4. What is Rufus's third injury?

5. What does Dana appear to do in front of Kevin the first time she time-travels?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is one way Kevin tries to convince Rufus he and Dana are really from the future?

3. Who asks Dana to teach him to read, and what does she say?

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

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

6. Why do Dana and Kevin start to suspect Dana is pulled to time-travel?

7. How does Margaret Weylin treat Dana and why?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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