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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jamie go to the hospital to see Hildegarde?
(a) To deliver a message.
(b) To ask for a job.
(c) To express his concern over Claire working too much.
(d) To ask her to decipher a song.

2. After Jaime and Claire clear their minds and fall asleep, Claire calls which name out loud in her sleep?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Frank.

3. What does Claire learn when she visits Louise?
(a) Louise has stolen the king's scepter.
(b) Louise plans to leave Jules, Prince de Rohan.
(c) Louise is pregnant with Prince Charles' baby.
(d) Louise is Jamie's cousin.

4. Why is Monsieur Forez going to England?
(a) To find a wife.
(b) For a wedding.
(c) For an execution.
(d) To pay a debt.

5. What does a man posing as a watchman do to Murtagh as he walks by?
(a) Assaults him.
(b) Asks him for money.
(c) Pleads with him for help.
(d) Takes his valuables.

6. Claire explains that she and Frank had visited the standing stones where they witnessed a ritual performed by whom?
(a) A Druid with an unusual ring.
(b) Several women in bed sheets.
(c) Soldiers preparing for battle.
(d) A group of young children.

7. Depressed over the loss of her baby, Jamie's imprisonment, and Fergus being abused by Randall, Claire:
(a) Sleeps all day and night.
(b) Threatens to kill herself.
(c) Refuses to eat.
(d) Refuses to talk to anyone.

8. The incoming ship, the Patagonia, is carrying what?
(a) Men with smallpox.
(b) Dignitaries from the Americas.
(c) Spices from the Orient.
(d) Sailors suffering from scurvy.

9. After Jamie attends the king's lever, what does he tell Claire?
(a) He wishes she had joined him at the king's lever.
(b) The servants got the king out of bed, shaved him, and washed him.
(c) Details of the conversation he had with the king.
(d) The king is old, feeble, and senile.

10. When Jamie, Ian, Murtagh, and Fergus arrive back home after their search for the sheep, Jenny sends them back outside to:
(a) Close the gate.
(b) Take off their muddy boots.
(c) Bring in the laundry.
(d) Feed the sheep.

11. What name was given to the child Claire lost?
(a) Chastity.
(b) Felicity.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faith.

12. Jamie is spending more and more time with Charles. When he doesn't come home one night, who does Claire send out to look for him?
(a) Raymond.
(b) A footman.
(c) A group of servants.
(d) Fergus.

13. In Lallybroch, Ian tells Jamie and Claire that:
(a) They have lost many sheep.
(b) His horse died.
(c) A storm blew away their roof.
(d) Their crop was ruined.

14. When Roger and Brianna visit the graveyard, what does Roger notice?
(a) Several missing headstones.
(b) A headstone with "Fraser" engraved on it.
(c) Brianna studying a headstone with "Wakefield" engraved on it.
(d) Tears running down Brianna's face.

15. After deciphering an intercepted cryptic letter that is meant for Charles, what do Jamie and Claire realize about him?
(a) He lies habitually.
(b) He is Fergus' father.
(c) He's being framed for treason.
(d) He's acting on his own.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Jamie is released by the king, what is he told he must do?

2. While Claire is hospitalized, who does she think she sees in her feverish, delusional state?

3. What does Jamie do to Fergus reluctantly?

4. When Claire's hair is revealed from underneath her hood, what do her attackers call her?

5. After Mary writes a statement about the rape, what does Claire do?

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