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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. How does Serena feel about life at the royal court?
2. What does Serena tell Brigham she does if he is killed?
3. What happens when everyone in the cave is threatened by English soldiers?
4. What does Brigham do while sword fighting with the Colonel?
5. Why does the Earl of Whitesmouth visit Brigham at his home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens as the group of Highlanders move eastward? Explain why this happens?
2. What does Brigham reply when Serena asks why he fights Standish? Explain what he means.
3. How does the author handle the crossover between what is happening in Glenroe at the same time as the battle near Culloden House? How do each progress?
4. What bothers Brigham about the English officer named Standish? Why does he join the game where Standish is playing a game of dice? What does Brigham do, and why?
5. What does Brigham say when she tells him there is nothing she denies him? Explain why he feels that way?
6. What misunderstanding does Brigham realize Serena has after they make love?
7. What does Brigham learn from the earl of Whitesmouth?
8. What does Malcolm admit he is upset about when he talks with Brigham? How does Brigham react to what Malcolm tells him? What does Brigham tell Malcolm?
9. Where are the family when Coll and Brigham return to Glenroe and no one is there? What do they do?
10. Why is Serena so upset when Brigham finds her near the water?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What concerns Brigham as he looks at the battlefield at Drumossie Moor? What military strategy does he recommend? Why? What is the result?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the politics involved in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales that sets the climate for the war in 1745.
Essay Topic 3
So much of the novel is based on Serena's dislike and distrust of anyone English. Explain why she has such difficulty getting beyond this in her relationship with Brigham.
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