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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jenny want Ian to go to battle?
(a) It's a matter of honor.
(b) To clear his name.
(c) So he'll feel useful.
(d) To get him out of the house.

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

3. In Chapter 42, what does Jamie learn has happened to his men?
(a) They were delayed in Stirling.
(b) They suffered from food poisoning.
(c) They have been kept in Tolbooth.
(d) They got lost.

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?
(a) Pick one out of the ground and check.
(b) Ask their neighbor.
(c) Read the instruction book.
(d) Check the color of the leaves.

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

6. 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) It is a complete lie.
(c) That it's all true, the whole story.
(d) Claire has obviously gone insane.

7. Even though she is going to marry another man, whose child is Mary carrying?
(a) Jack's.
(b) The Duke's.
(c) Murtagh's.
(d) Alex's.

8. As Claire watches Jenny take care of her children while their husbands have gone out to buy supplies such as needles and pickling spices, what does she wonder?
(a) When Jenny will get some rest.
(b) If she'll be a good mother one day.
(c) If Jamie will be a good father one day.
(d) Why Ian doesn't help more with the children.

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

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

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

12. What happens when a big storm hits Lallybroch?
(a) It wipes out the barley fields.
(b) The potatoes rot.
(c) The sheep drown.
(d) It floods the village.

13. At the ball in honor of Charles, what does Dougal announce?
(a) They are all in grave danger.
(b) The enemy is planning a sneak attack.
(c) Colum is very ill.
(d) His brother Colum is dead.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While Claire is in Edinburgh, who asks her to come along on visits to see Alex?

3. After Claire shares with Jamie her idea to save his men from being led to slaughter, who overhears her plan?

4. In Chapter 43, where does Jamie lead his men?

5. Jamie's grandfather, Lord Lovat, believes that:

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