Prologue
What limb is Dana missing?
Her left arm.
What is Dana unpacking in her new home?
Books
What is the emergency Dana encounters in the beginning of this chapter?
Rufus has set his curtains on fire.
What is the emergency Dana encounters in the beginning of this chapter?
Rufus has fallen from a tree and broken his leg.
What is different about how Rufus’ mother treats him compared to how his father treats him?
Tom treats Rufus with disdain and cares more about money than his own son. Margaret dotes on Rufus and is very overprotective, which makes Rufus dislike her.
To what did Dana lose her arm?
The wall.
What emergency does Dana encounter the first time she goes back in time?
Rufus/a boy drowning.
Why does Dana not recognize Rufus immediately?
He is a few years older than she last saw him.
Where did Kevin and Dana meet?
Why does Tom Weylin not like Dana? Be specific.
She is an educated slave, and more educated than he is.
Who does Dana wake up to in her hospital room?
Police officers.
How does Margaret react to seeing Dana save Rufus?
She beats on her back and yells that Dana killed her son.
True or False. Rufus remembers seeing Dana when he was drowning years ago.
True.
What job is Kevin hired to do by the Weylins?
Tutor Rufus while his leg heals.
What is intersectionality?
The idea that different parts of a person's identity interact to shape their experiences in regards to discrimination or privelege.
What story does Kevin tell the police to explain what happened to Dana?
He says he heard her scream from the other room and came to see her arm "crushed" within the wall.
How does Tom react to seeing Dana save Rufus?
He points a rifle at her.
What traumatic event sends Dana back home during this chapter?
A slave catcher tries to rape her.
Where does Dana primarily begin to work on the plantation?
The cookhouse with Sarah.
What is Afrofuturism?
A movement that places Black history and culture at the center of science fiction in order to imagine a future where Black people are uninhibited by the constraints of colonialism.
What do the police think happened to Dana?
Kevin hurt her and is responsible for her arm being missing.
What advice does Kevin give Dana after she shares her experience with him?
He tells her to "let it go."
What is the paradox that Dana realizes in this chapter?
That in order for her to have a chance at life in the future, she must make sure Rufus stays alive in the past.
Why does Tom whip Dana at the end of this chapter?
He catches her with a book in the cookhouse.
What is a paradox?
A paradox is a statement or concept that appears self-contradictory but often reveals a deeper truth upon closer examination