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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 Dana wish she was not forced to throw into the fire that haunts her in Part IV?

2. Why is Dana's blouse stuck to her back in Part III?

3. What is the doctor's name who treats the Weylins?

4. What does Dana ask Rufus to send to Kevin for her?

5. Who is the new overseer in Part IV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does only Dana return to 1976 after both she and Kevin travel back to the 1800s together?

3. What does Dana ask Rufus to do for her that he lies to her about in Part III?

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

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

6. Why does Tom Weylin whip Dana, beating her badly?

7. How does Kevin feel when he and Dana get home to 1976?

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

9. What is different between marriages between slaves and those between whites in the 1800s?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 do both Dana's and Kevin's understanding of their spouse change due to their experiences in the past, time-traveling together? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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