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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 is Kevin's last name?

2. What does Dana's uncle say after she says she is marrying a white man?

3. What does Margaret bring for Rufus after he yells at her?

4. What does Kevin insist Dana have on her body at all times in case she is pulled back in time?

5. What does Kevin tell Tom Weylin about his relationship with Dana?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Rufus get hurt again in Part II?

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

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

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

6. What does Dana ask Alice's mother for in Part I?

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

8. How does Margaret Weylin treat Dana and why?

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

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

What are some of the most extreme and/or emotionally wrenching examples of steps different characters take in the name of survival? 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 Butler's decision to narrate the story from the first-person perspective affect the reader's experience of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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