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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. What is Dana afraid the child's father will do to her in Part I on the riverbank?

2. Where did Kevin and Dana first meet?

3. What are whites who "police" Blacks called in Rufus's time?

4. Who is the child Dana saves in Part I?

5. How does Kevin come with Dana for her third time-travel experience?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Kevin and Dana consider trying to go together if they are stuck in the 1800s, and why?

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

3. What do Kevin and Dana realize they have in common early on?

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

5. How does Kevin react at seeing Dana disappear in Part I?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What predictions did you find yourself, as a reader, making in the early stages of this novel about plot and character development and why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Dana gain different characters' trust throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Butler choose to end Dana's and Rufus's relationship with her killing of him? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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