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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 witness happening to Alice's parents in the woods?

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

3. What year does Dana say she was born?

4. Who is Margaret Weylin attracted to?

5. Where does Rufus live?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Rufus not like to read?

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

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

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

7. How does Margaret Weylin treat Dana and why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How do both Dana's and Kevin's understanding of their spouse change due to their experiences in the past, time-traveling together? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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