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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. Who is Mueller?
(a) Jamie's cousin.
(b) The man who killed an Indian in revenge for the death by measles of his wife and child.
(c) The doctore from the local village.
(d) The preacher from the Lutheran church in Salem.

2. How does the slave become injured in the hours before his judgment is to be carried out?
(a) Someone pushes him in the river.
(b) Someone runs him over with a horse and cart.
(c) Someone impales him on a crane.
(d) Someone beats him with a whip.

3. Where does Jamie decide to go on his own in Chapter 21?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Hunting.

4. Who sends supplies to Claire and Jamie in Chapter 19, suggesting this person accepts their new living arrangements?
(a) Ian.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Brianna.
(d) Duncan.

5. How does Roger use Gillian's diary to help him in Chapter 31?
(a) Roger reads about Claire's experience and hopes to duplicate it.
(b) Roger uses Gillian's research to figure out how to make the stones work.
(c) Roger uses the names of Gillian's ancestors to know who to trust in the past.
(d) Roger uses Gillian's adventures to help him understand the landscape of 1771.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what celebration does Roger take Brianna during his visit to Boston?

2. How was Gavin killed?

3. Why has Roger called Brianna in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?

4. Who stays behind with Claire in Chapter 26 to care for the new measles patient?

5. What does Roger believe the package Brianna sent him in Chapter 30 is supposed to mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Claire and Jamie looking for as they separate from their friends in the mountains?

3. Why do Jamie and his group board the boat Sally Ann?

4. What do Jamie and William find when they arrive at the Indian village?

5. Brianna and Roger go to watch the moon landing at Dr. Abernathy's house. How is Abernathy related to Brianna?

6. What does Roger find among his father's papers that he chooses to keep from Brianna? How might this item have affected Brianna's decisions?

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

8. Why is Roger cleaning out his father's house?

9. What is significant about the moon landing in 1969 as compared to Claire's ability to travel in time?

10. What items do Fiona and Roger discover offer protection when traveling through time with help from the circle of stones?

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