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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. Where do Kevin and Dana live?

2. Where does Rufus live?

3. Why does Rufus's father hit him?

4. Why does Dana think Margaret is jealous of her?

5. When does Kevin think Dana is pulled back into her own time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Rufus call Dana that she asks him repeatedly not to call her?

7. How does Dana save Rufus the second time she meets him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What aspects of life in the antebellum South surprise - and disturb - Dana the most? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the symbolism of Dana's loss of her arm in the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Butler chooses to describe the abuse and inhumanity of slavery - especially the beatings, killings, rape, and family separations the slaves endure - in such graphic terms? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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