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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 is the new overseer at the Weylin property?
(a) Eli.
(b) Jake.
(c) John.
(d) Henry.

2. Why does Alice say she speaks so rudely to Dana?
(a) Dana is not like a real person to her.
(b) She can hurt Dana and Dana will not hurt her back.
(c) Dana is smart.
(d) Dana is too sad.

3. Why does Rufus make Dana work in the fields in Part IV?
(a) He thinks she will work harder there.
(b) No one knows.
(c) He likes her and that is easy work.
(d) He resents her for supposedly letting his father die.

4. What do people in the 1800s call a Malaria-type illness?
(a) Plague.
(b) Rilio.
(c) Ague.
(d) The Bind.

5. What does Dana say she will not do again for Rufus if she is beaten even one more time?
(a) Save his life.
(b) Feed him.
(c) Talk to him.
(d) Read to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is one thing Kevin does in the past?

4. When Dana travels back to the 1800s in Part III, what is wrong with Rufus?

5. What do the other slaves do to the person who betrayed Dana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Dana begin to see that Rufus gets "rewarded" for behaving so badly?

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

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

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

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

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

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