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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. How does Rufus describe his father?

2. Who catches Dana when she runs away?

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

4. What does Dana convince Rufus not to do to save Alice in Part III?

5. What is wrong with Rufus when Dana goes back alone to the 1800s in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What conclusion does Dana's cousin reach about her injuries in Part III?

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

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

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

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

9. In Part IV, how long has Kevin been alone in the 1800s?

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

What aspects of life in the antebellum South surprise - and disturb - Dana the most? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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