Video Game Time
Released in 2011, this sandbox game lets players explore a blocky, 3D procedurally generated world and holds the title of the best-selling video game of all time.
What is Minecraft?
He accidentally travels back in time with Dana at the beginning of the chapter.
Who is Kevin?
This auto company is headquartered at the Renaissance Center, a group of giant skyscrapers on the Detroit River.
What is General Motors?
This literary device is used early in the novel when Dana mentions losing her left arm on her last trip, hinting to the reader ahead of time how her traumatic journey will ultimately end.
What is foreshadowing?
This 2019 Marvel cinematic event concluded a decade-long storyline and became one of the highest-grossing movies of all time by defeating Thanos.
What is Avengers: Endgame?
This massively popular Epic Games title became a cultural phenomenon, largely due to its building mechanics, "Chapi Chapi" style emotes, and its 100-player Battle Royale mode.
What is Fortnite?
Rufus Weylin has fallen out of a tree and broken this body limb.
What is his leg?
Located right in the middle of the Detroit River, this giant island park features a historic aquarium, a glass conservatory, and a giant slide.
What is Belle Isle?
It is an example of this device when Rufus, who genuinely loves and relies on Dana to save his life, is simultaneously the very person who inflicts the most physical and emotional violence upon her.
What is irony?
In this 2014 animated Disney phenomenon, a princess sets off on a journey alongside a iceman, a reindeer, and a snowman to find her sister Elsa.
What is Frozen?
Released in 1980 by Bandai Namco, this iconic dot eating arcade maze game was originally titled Puck-Man in Japan before being altered for Western audiences.
What is Pac-Man?
The cookhouse is the main setting for this enslaved woman who runs the kitchen, prepares the plantation's means, and ultimately becomes a close ally and protector to Dana.
Who is Sarah?
Located right outside the stadium where the Detroit Tigers play, a giant 15-foot statue of this fierce wild cat greets sports fans.
What is a tiger?
Kevin and Dana's relationship represents this literary concept: they must pretend to be master and slave in the past just to safely survive as husband and wife.
What is a paradox?
This 2018 Marvel film took audiences to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda, starring the late Chadwick Boseman.
What is Black Panther?
Set in the fictional state of San Andreas, the 2013 installment of this controversial and critically acclaimed franchise is one of the most profitable entertainment products in history.
What is Grand Theft Auto V?
While stuck in the past, Dana takes on the job of tutoring this young slave and teaching her to read.
Who is Carrie?
This massive, 24-foot bronze statue in downtown Detroit looks like a giant boxing glove punches the air to honor champion Joe Louis.
What is The Fist?
This device describes the historical contradiction of Dana having to actively ensure Rufus survives and thrives, even though he is a cruel slaveholder, because he is her direct ancestor.
What is a paradox?
This 2010 animated film tells the story of a supervillain who adopts three orphan girls named Margo, Edith, and Agnes as part of a plot to steal the moon.
What is Despicable Me?
Developed almost entirely by Toby Fox, this 2015 indie RPG is famous for its "No Kill" pacifist run and its iconic boss theme track, "Megalovania."
What is Undertale?
At the end of the chapter, "The Fall," this is what happens to Kevin.
What is he gets left in the past without Dana?
This giant statue sits outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center and holds a golden sphere in one hand and a family group in the other.
What is The Spirit of Detroit?
In "The Fall," Rufus warns Dana that his father is dangerous and "kills people," which serves as this device for the brutal whipping Dana receives from Tom Weylin at the end of the chapter.
What is foreshadowing?
This 2018 Oscar-winning animated masterpiece introduced mainstream movie audiences to Miles Morales and the concept of the Spider-Verse.
What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?