The River
What is the year and place of Dana's present?
1976 Los Angeles
What trouble is Rufus in the second time Dana is pulled back in time?
He has set the curtains on fire
What does Dana save Rufus from in this section?
He has fallen from a tree and broken his leg
Why is Dana brought to Rufus in this section?
He is getting beaten by Isaac for having assaulted Alice
What sends Dana back into the past in this section?
Rufus is found passed out in a storm, he gets sick
How does Dana return to the present?
She cuts her own wrists
Dana has been pulled back to the past twice. What is the first event that brings her t Rufus?
He is drowning in a river
What US state does Dana learn she is in while she is in the past? What year is it?
Maryland 1815
Who ends up getting stuck in the past for 5 years in this section?
Kevin
She reminds Isaac that he will get into trouble, she also says that she needs Rufus to help her find Kevin.
How does Kevin adjust to being back in his own time?
He is overstimulated by sounds, forgets how to do things, all around has trouble adjusting.
What was the reason behind Alice’s final decision to end her life?
Rufus pretended that he sold her children
What do we learn in the Prologue that happens to Dana on her final trip back?
She lost her arm
What is the connection between Dana and Rufus?
He is one of her ancestors
What is the story that Dana and Kevin tell Mr. Weylin about what they are doing at the plantation?
They are from New York; Kevin is writing a book and Dana is his slave helping him; Kevin was robbed and they lost their documents and belongings
What happens to Isaac?
He was sold and shipped to Mississippi after being caught as a runaway; has both ears cut off as punishment
What was Kevin doing while he was stuck in the past?
Teaching and helping slaves escape
What are the names of Alice and Rufus's children?
Joe and Hagar
Who points the gun at Dana after she saves Rufus from the river?
Tom Weylin
How does Dana figure out the connection between her and Rufus?
She remembers his and Alice's names written in a family bible.
Where did Dana and Kevin meet?
They worked at a labor agency together
What is Alice's condition when she is brought to the Weylin plantation?
She is badly beaten, attacked by dogs, can't remember what has happened.
Why does Dana agree to help Rufus survive in this section even though her ancestral line is secured by now?
She knows that if he dies, all the slaves with be sold and separated.
How does Dana lose her arm?
What is Dana doing when she gets pulled back the first time?
Unpacking her books/it's her 26th birthday
Who does Dana go looking for?
Alice Greenwood
Name that character...
“grew up” with Rufus; learns how to read and write from Dana
Nigel
What is the moral dilemma that Dana deals with regarding the Alice?
Dana has to convince Alice to enter a forced relationship with Rufus to ensure her family line.
How does Tom Weylin die?
Heart attack
What does Dana's lost arm symbolize?
What are 2 things that Dana notices about Rufus's mother at the river that are unusual?
Her dress and her southern accent
What does Dana witness that greatly upsets her?
She sees Alice's father beaten and taken away by patrollers
What incident causes Dana to return to the present at the end of “The Fall”?
She is whipped by Tom Weylin for teaching slaves to read
Why did Tom Weylin write to Kevin?
Rufus promised Dana he would and lied.
What is Dana's punishment for "letting" Tom Weylin die?
She is sent to work in the fields
What does Dana do to Rufus?
Kills him
In the prologue, what do the police suspect Kevin is responsible for?
Dana's lost arm
What does Kevin suspect sends Dana back to her present time?
When her life is in danger
What happened to Sarah's children?
3 were sold, only Carrie stays because she can't speak
What makes Dana try to escape?
She learns that Rufus was not sending her letters to Kevin.
How has Margaret Weylin changed since the last time Dana saw her?
When Dana and Kevin go to Maryland in their present time, what do they learn happened to Rufus?
Reports say Rufus died in a fire. Dana assumes Nigel set the fire as a cover up.
What does Dana specifically do to Rufus that saves his life?
CPR/mouth to mouth
In "The Fire," what did Dana do to the patroller before she returned to the present?
Knocked him unconscious
What is the book that Dana reads to Rufus?
Robinson Crusoe
How are Dana and Kevin able to return to the present?
Rufus threatens to shoot Dana for trying to leave, Kevin grabs her as she is going back.
What does Rufus do after his dad dies that he said he would never do?
Sells off slaves, separates families.
What happened to those who lived on the Weylin plantation after Rufus’s death?
Some escaped and some were sold.