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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. What is the name of the character with whom Claire shares a horse in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Jamie.
(b) Dougal.
(c) Murtagh.
(d) Jonathan Randall.

2. At the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 21, what does Claire remove from her sleeve?
(a) A piece of waterweed.
(b) A stray hair.
(c) Lint.
(d) A spider.

3. When Claire is observing Jamie in Part 3, Chapter 15, to what biblical character does she liken him?
(a) Esau.
(b) Abraham.
(c) David.
(d) Moses.

4. When Claire is trying to escape the castle in Part 2, Chapter 10, over what does she trip in the stable?
(a) A colt.
(b) Jamie.
(c) A water bucket.
(d) Tack.

5. Claire realizes that which character has also arrived in the eighteenth century from a different time?
(a) The Duke of Sandringham.
(b) Laoghaire.
(c) Captain Randall.
(d) Geillis Duncan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Watch do?

2. What is the name of Colum's bard?

3. What is the name of the mute character with whom Jamie has a conversation in Part 3, Chapter 17?

4. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 8, which character leaves the supper table in a rage?

5. What is the main event of Part 3, Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the man Claire first meets when she wakes up in Part 1, Chapter 3.

2. Describe the Duke of Sandringham.

3. In Part 3, Chapter 11, what does Jamie do after Dougal finishes making each speech in the various villages?

4. How does Jamie prove that Claire is not a witch?

5. What happens in Part 3, Chapter 19, to make Peter run away in fright?

6. In Part 1, Chapter 5, how does Claire determine what year it is?

7. In Part 3, Chapter 17, why does Jamie cross himself when the plover flies away?

8. As Jenny tells Jamie, why did Captain Randall not rape her when he had the chance?

9. Why is Captain Randall startled when Claire mentions the Duke of Sandringham?

10. What unexpected event happens while Claire and Jamie are making love in the woods in Part 3, Chapter 20?

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