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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 39, what instructions does Charles give Jamie regarding battle plans?
(a) Take the battle to the south.
(b) Protect him at all costs.
(c) Head north.
(d) Delay the battle.

2. What happens when Claire tries to escape while she's being detained by the English?
(a) She falls and hurts her wrist.
(b) She's locked in a dungeon.
(c) She decides it's too risky and changes her mind.
(d) She fails.

3. After Claire shares with Jamie her idea to save his men from being led to slaughter, who overhears her plan?
(a) Dougal.
(b) Alec.
(c) Murtagh.
(d) Willie.

4. What does Brianna do after Roger blacks out at the standing stones?
(a) Insists he get some rest.
(b) Screams for help.
(c) Throws a bucket of water on him.
(d) Runs to him and wakes him.

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

6. What diagnosis does Claire give Alex?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Measles.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

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

9. Claire mentions to Roger the possibility that Geillis could be:
(a) His great, great-grandmother.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His mother.
(d) An ancestor on his mother's side.

10. To save Jamie's men from being led to slaughter, what does Claire propose?
(a) Arresting Charles.
(b) Killing Charles.
(c) Lying to them.
(d) Sending them in the opposite direction.

11. How does Mary feel about having to wed Jack Randall?
(a) Elation.
(b) Rage.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Sadness.

12. Shortly after her arrival at Lallybroch, Claire receives word from Louise about:
(a) Hildegarde's illness.
(b) Raymond's imprisonment.
(c) The death of her aunt, Marie.
(d) The birth of her son, Henri.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Roger tells Claire that he believes her story of living in the 1700s, what does she share with him?

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

3. What does Jamie try to persuade his grandfather to do with regards to the battle he and his men are fighting?

4. After the English "rescue" Claire, what does Colonel Gordon MacLeish Campbell ask her about?

5. Why do Claire and Roger visit the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiques?

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