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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who knows about Brianna's unusual paternity besides Roger?

2. Why is Claire concerned about staying in her new home over the winter in Chapter 19?

3. How does Roger use Gillian's diary to help him in Chapter 31?

4. What is unusual about Jamie and Claire's possessions?

5. To what social function are Claire and Jamie invited when they arrive in North Carolina?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jamie and Claire run into Ian and Duncan Innes as they attempt to buy passage on a ship to Scotland. How is Ian related to Jamie?

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

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

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

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

6. Why do Jamie and Claire choose the site in the mountains on which they plan to make their home?

7. What role does Jocasta want Jamie to fill at River Run?

8. What crime do Jamie and Claire come across while talking over their future prospects during a walk at the mills?

9. Why have Jamie and Claire come to witness a hanging?

10. For what reason do Jamie and Claire decide to leave River Run?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Jamie sell Roger to the Indians? Was this a common practice in Jamie's time? What were the Indians to do with Roger? How does Roger react to this situation? Why does Roger not escape? Why do the Indians sell Roger to the Mohawks? What do the Mohawks do to Roger? Who is Alexandre? Why do the Indians hate Alexandre? Why do they decide to put him to death? How does his death change the way the Mohawks view Roger?

Essay Topic 2

Define time travel. Discuss the possibilities of time travel and the impact time travel could have on an individual. Why did the author choose to write her books about time travel? What impact does time travel have on the characters in this novel? Why do the characters choose to time travel? Where did this ability come from? What impact could knowledge of this ability have on the characters and those in their lives? To strangers interested in traveling to the future?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following themes in detail:

1) Love

2) Family

3) Crime

4) Time Travel.

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