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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 Rufus say might have happened with Kevin?

2. What does Dana ask to be put around Rufus's bed?

3. Who is Alice's husband?

4. Where does Kevin say he almost bought a farm?

5. Where does Rufus say Dana is when she is at the Weylin house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Dana ask for help when she returns to 1976 in Part III, and why?

2. Why does Rufus say Tom Weylin "had" to beat Dana for running away?

3. Why does Dana get beaten so badly in Part IV?

4. Why does Dana try to run away in Part IV?

5. Why does Tom Weylin end up sending a letter to Kevin telling him Dana is at his house?

6. What does Rufus do to Dana and Kevin in Part IV that shocks her?

7. When Dana goes back to the 1800s in Part IV after being home with Kevin, what does she immediately find?

8. Why does Dana refuse to drive once she starts time-traveling?

9. In Part III, how is Rufus's life in danger when Dana is called back to see him as an adult?

10. What does Dana tell Tom Weylin about her continually saving Rufus in Part IV?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 Dana and Kevin decide to travel to Maryland and trace the history of the people they interacted with through time-travel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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