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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 Dana appear to do in front of Kevin the first time she time-travels?

2. Why does Tom Weylin whip Dana?

3. What is the first date Dana travels through time?

4. What is Rufus's third injury?

5. Who do the police initially blame for Dana's injuries?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kevin go to the library to research in Part I?

2. How does Margaret Weylin treat Dana and why?

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

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

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

6. Why does Rufus not like to read?

7. What does Kevin insist Dana keep on her body for the next time she time travels?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Butler's prologue shape and set the reader's expectations for the rest of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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