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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Roger promise to wait for Brianna to marry him in Chapter 18?
(a) Not at all.
(b) A year.
(c) Forever.
(d) A few weeks.

2. What is unusual about Jamie and Claire's possessions?
(a) They own expensive clothes.
(b) They own a large number of gems.
(c) They own nothing.
(d) They own several slaves.

3. Why has Roger called Brianna in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?
(a) To arrange a visit.
(b) To say goodbye.
(c) To tell her to watch the moon landing.
(d) To alert her to his fahter's death.

4. What happens after Brianna refuses to marry Roger?
(a) They argue.
(b) They never speak again.
(c) They kiss and make up.
(d) They pretend he never asked.

5. Why does Brianna believe she hears the stones?
(a) Claire.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Roger.
(d) Geillis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the white flowers of strawberries represent in Scottish lore?

2. What is the relationship between Jamie and his young visitor in Chapter 24?

3. Who is Mueller?

4. Why do Jamie, Claire, and Fergus come to South Carolina in Chapter 1?

5. What does the red of a strawberry represent in Scottish lore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Jamie and Claire worry about how to dispose of the body of the measles victim?

2. What causes Jamie and Claire to have to spend the night alone in the open on a winter night?

3. What is River Run and why do Claire, Jamie, and their group decide to take a side trip there?

4. Who is Jocasta Cameron and what is manufactured on her plantation, River Run?

5. Who comes to visit Jamie at Fraser's Ridge? What is significant about the child this visitor brings with him?

6. Why has Farquard Campbell been called to River Run?

7. Who comes to visit Claire and what does she show her?

8. Who is the ghost in the cemetery that disturbs Jamie, Claire, and their friends as they prepare to bury Gavin?

9. How does Jamie disrupt the hanging as his friend his about to face the gallows?

10. Roger Wakefield takes Brianna to a Celtic Festival. What is a Celtic Festival and why does Brianna react so poorly to the festival?

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