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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 does Kevin tell Tom Weylin he is doing in the South?

2. What does Kevin show Rufus to try to convince him he is from the future?

3. What does Dana use to knock the white man out in Part I?

4. What does Rufus briefly think Dana might be?

5. Where does Dana say her husband would be if he told the police the truth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story do Kevin and Dana tell Tom Wiley about their relationship?

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

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

5. Why does Rufus not like to read?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What does "freedom" mean to different characters in this novel? 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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