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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Claire get money for blankets?
(a) She steals from Charles' servant.
(b) She is paid for running errands.
(c) She assists at the local hospital.
(d) She pawns her pearl necklace.

2. Jamie's grandfather, Lord Lovat, believes that:
(a) Claire is a witch.
(b) Claire is not Jamie's wife.
(c) Jamie is not his grandson.
(d) Everyone is out to get him.

3. After Claire meets with the Duke of Sandringham and he escorts a man into the room with them, Claire recognizes the mark on the man's hand. From where does she remember it?
(a) It's the same mark she saw on an emblem in Charles' house.
(b) From a sailor in the ship.
(c) From one of Jamie's soldiers.
(d) From the man who tried to rape her in the alley.

4. As English soldiers make their way up to the building where Claire and others are hiding, what does Jamie tell her and those who are with her?
(a) To hide in the thicket.
(b) To be quiet.
(c) To run quickly.
(d) To prepare for a bloody battle.

5. When Ian and Jamie wonder when the new crop that everyone in Lallybroch has planted will be ready to pick, what does Fergus suggest?
(a) Ask their neighbor.
(b) Read the instruction book.
(c) Check the color of the leaves.
(d) Pick one out of the ground and check.

6. What's inside the unmarked packages Claire receives from time to time?
(a) Herbs and stones.
(b) Clothes and shoes.
(c) Letters.
(d) Sweets.

7. What other condition does Alex have?
(a) Seizures.
(b) Digestive tract illness.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Congestive heart failure.

8. At the end of the book, what does Brianna come to realize regarding her mother's tale?
(a) She cannot forgive her mother for what she did.
(b) That it's all true, the whole story.
(c) Claire has obviously gone insane.
(d) It is a complete lie.

9. While Jamie gets ready for battle and Claire finds sanctuary in a nearby building with Dougal, Rupert, Willie, and others, how many Englishmen does Jamie tell them are coming up the hill?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Forty-two.

10. What does Uncle Jared say in his letter to Jamie?
(a) A son has been born to Charles Stuart.
(b) Charles Stuart is set to claim the throne of three kingdoms.
(c) Charles Stuart's mistress has been kidnapped.
(d) Charles Stuart has been imprisoned.

11. How does Jamie spend his time with his grandfather during his stay at Beaufort Castle?
(a) Riding and hunting.
(b) Making whiskey.
(c) Reading to him.
(d) Reminiscing.

12. After Roger tells Claire that he believes her story of living in the 1700s, what does she share with him?
(a) William and Sarah MacKenzie kidnapped Geillis Duncan's son.
(b) William MacKenzie is the biological father of Geillis Duncan's son.
(c) Geillis Duncan asked Sarah Mackenzie to raise her son.
(d) Geillis Duncan's son was given to William and Sarah MacKenzie.

13. When Claire notices Lord Lovat is not looking well, what does she ask him?
(a) To get some rest.
(b) What his symptoms are.
(c) To help Jamie.
(d) To drink a brew she's prepared.

14. When Claire and Jamie arrive at Culloden House, what does Alec reveal?
(a) He's lost his wife.
(b) They're starving and had to eat the horses.
(c) Their horses have been stolen.
(d) Their house has been ransacked.

15. Upon telling Alex he doesn't have long to live, Claire feels:
(a) Confusion.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Relief.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. At Claire's direction, all of Lallybroch is planting a new crop. Since Ian has never planted this crop before, how does he learn?

2. What does Ian think about going to battle?

3. Before the two say farewell to each other for the last time, Claire is startled when Jamie tells her:

4. When Claire and Roger talk to Dr. McEwan, where do they claim they're from?

5. As Jamie prepares for another battle against the English, he tells Claire to find sanctuary in a nearby building, which happens to be what?

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