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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Jamie and Claire leave Beauly, Lord Lovat sends word that he will what?
(a) Have surgery.
(b) Send 200 men to aid Charles.
(c) Supply battle armor for 200 men.
(d) No longer have anything to do with Jamie.

2. What does Alex announce to the small group gathered around him when he is close to death?
(a) He wants Mary to wed whomever she wants.
(b) He will marry Mary.
(c) Jack should never marry.
(d) He wants Jack to wed Mary and take care of her.

3. Why do Claire and Roger visit the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiques?
(a) To research the legend of the standing stones.
(b) To look for Geillis.
(c) To look for Brianna.
(d) So Claire could verify her story.

4. After the English "rescue" Claire, what does Colonel Gordon MacLeish Campbell ask her about?
(a) Enemy battle plans.
(b) Red Jamie.
(c) Herbal remedies.
(d) Charles.

5. When Claire asks Alex if she can share the state of his health with Randall, he says:
(a) Of course.
(b) Don't bother him with nonsense.
(c) Not yet.
(d) No.

6. Why did Jamie attack Ian while they spent the night at a cottage on their trip back home with supplies for their wives?
(a) He mistakenly thought Ian was Jack Randall.
(b) Ian insulted Claire.
(c) Both men were drunk.
(d) Ian insulted him.

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

8. Concerned that his men are being led to slaughter, Jamie:
(a) Orders them to halt.
(b) Feels helpless.
(c) Creates a disturbance.
(d) Faints under intense pressure.

9. Where does Claire go after she breaks into the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities?
(a) To the post office.
(b) To dinner.
(c) To find the priest.
(d) To the cemetery.

10. While the English detain her for information, Claire is taken to a house where who else is staying?
(a) Mary.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Charles.
(d) Hildegarde.

11. As he prepares to meet his grandfather for the first time ever, what does Jamie reveal to Claire about his father?
(a) He was known as a healer and seer of the future.
(b) He's the bastard son of a maid his grandfather slept with.
(c) His grandfather hired him as a servant and later adopted him .
(d) He was his grandfather's favorite son.

12. When Claire, Brianna, and Roger are together at the standing stones, from what does Roger black out?
(a) Lack of sleep and utter exhaustion.
(b) Flames of the fire and smell of burning flesh.
(c) From being punched in the face by Geillis' husband.
(d) The flood of painful memories.

13. Why does Claire visit Alex on a daily basis?
(a) She's trying to get information from him.
(b) To bring him food.
(c) She's lonely and seeks his company.
(d) To give him medicine.

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

15. What ailment does Claire tell Jamie's grandfather that he has?
(a) Prostatitis.
(b) Dementia.
(c) An ulcer.
(d) A hernia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treatment does Claire recommend for Jamie's grandfather?

2. What does Claire ask after being questioned by Colonel Gordon MacLeish Campbell?

3. In Chapter 45, who does Mary keep visiting?

4. When Ian and Jamie wonder when the new crop that everyone in Lallybroch has planted will be ready to pick, what does Fergus suggest?

5. What other condition does Alex have?

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