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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. Who cannot speak at the Weylin household?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Alice.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Helen.

2. Who raises Dana?
(a) Her father alone.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her mother alone.
(d) Her aunt and uncle.

3. What does Tom Weylin ask Dana to work at with Rufus in Part II?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Chopping wood.
(d) Reading and writing.

4. When does Kevin think Dana is pulled back into her own time?
(a) When the tide is low.
(b) When Rufus asks.
(c) When the moon is full.
(d) When her life is in danger.

5. What are whites who "police" Blacks called in Rufus's time?
(a) Rikis.
(b) Patrol.
(c) Brigade.
(d) Kaalners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dana travel back to 1976 alone in Part II?

2. What game is Dana horrified to hear the Black children playing?

3. Why does Nigel say Marse Tom does not like Dana?

4. What does Dana ask Alice's mother for in Part I?

5. What does Luke tell Dana about Rufus's temperament?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Rufus to Dana?

3. Where does Dana say she is from to most people in the 1800s, and why?

4. What does Dana lose on her last trip through time?

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

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

7. What does Tom Weylin ask Dana to do in Part II for him that surprises her?

8. Why does Dana want Kevin to stay close to her in the 1800s?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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