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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 Tom Weylin ask Dana to work at with Rufus in Part II?

2. Where does Dana tell the others at the Weylin house she is from?

3. Where does Kevin want to go to research things about the time Dana is pulled to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Rufus not like to read?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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