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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Claire tells Brianna that Jaime is her father, how does Brianna react?
(a) Thanks her for the information.
(b) Begins to shake, then faints.
(c) Calls her a name and runs out of the house.
(d) Laughs and calls the story absurd.

2. A year before her return to Lallybroch, Claire had told everybody to plant:
(a) Onions.
(b) Cabbages.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Potatoes.

3. What event does Claire read about when she is looking through Geillis's notebook?
(a) The Solstice Celebration.
(b) The Eve of Magic.
(c) The Feast of Beltane.
(d) The Remembrance of Murtagh.

4. Ordinarily, what are the residents of Lallybroch used to eating?
(a) Wilted leaves.
(b) Pickled beets.
(c) Fish eggs.
(d) Barley and grains.

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

6. What is Jamie's nickname during the battles between the Scots and the English?
(a) Fierce Warrior.
(b) Red Jamie.
(c) Jamie The Brave.
(d) Red Chieftain.

7. 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.

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

9. 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 was his grandfather's favorite son.
(c) His grandfather hired him as a servant and later adopted him .
(d) He's the bastard son of a maid his grandfather slept with.

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

11. At Claire's direction, all of Lallybroch is planting a new crop. Since Ian has never planted this crop before, how does he learn?
(a) He asks Jamie for help.
(b) He has the oldest famer in town teach him.
(c) He asks Claire how to do it.
(d) He buys a book from Ireland that tells him how.

12. What does Clair give Alex for his conditions?
(a) An ointment for his skin.
(b) Cough medicine and herbs for his heart.
(c) Herbs to calm his stomach.
(d) Pain medication.

13. How many troops are marching to Stirling Castle?
(a) Two thousand
(b) Five hundred.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Eight thousand.

14. Why does Claire go to Mr. Haugh's shop?
(a) To replenish her medical supplies.
(b) For food for the next battle.
(c) To purchase ammunition.
(d) To get herself a warm coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the story, how is Claire trying to save Geillis?

2. At the start of the book's final chapter, where do Claire, Roger, and Brianna set off to in the night?

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

4. After Jamie and Claire leave Beauly, Lord Lovat sends word that he will what?

5. 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?

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