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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. Who sends a letter to Tom Weylin in Part IV?

2. Who makes Dana do the wash in Part IV?

3. What disease do people think Rufus has in Part IV?

4. Where does Rufus think Kevin would take Dana?

5. Who comes with the wagon to get Rufus from the woods in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dana bring from her time that helps Rufus immensely?

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

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

5. How does Kevin's family react to his marrying Dana, a Black woman?

6. Why does Dana begin to see that Rufus gets "rewarded" for behaving so badly?

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

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

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

10. In Part III, what is one thing that scares Dana about Rufus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the significance of education, and educational inequalities based on class, race, and gender, in the antebellum South.

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

Which character or characters undergo the most extreme changes throughout the book? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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