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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Jamie prepares for another battle against the English, he tells Claire to find sanctuary in a nearby building, which happens to be what?
(a) A school.
(b) A barn.
(c) A church.
(d) A castle.

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

4. What does Ian think about going to battle?
(a) Jenny will love him more.
(b) He will gain the respect of the townspeople.
(c) He will not stand a chance with one wooden leg in battle.
(d) He feels it's his duty to go.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jamie get information from the English boy?

2. Claire mentions to Roger the possibility that Geillis could be:

3. What was Jamie always taught about being left-handed when he was younger?

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

5. With several people already gathered around Alex, who is now close to death, who is the last visitor to arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Mary Rabbie's son suffers from epileptic seizures. How does Claire end up helping Mary and her son?

2. When they head for battle, how do Jamie's warriors take the fact that a young man among them is full of lice?

3. Why does Claire tend to Alex?

4. As they discuss battle details, why does Jamie get angry with his grandfather?

5. Claire knows where and when the grandfather will die. Why is she conflicted over this information?

6. After Dougal dies by Jamie's blade, what does Jamie realize regarding Claire?

7. Why does Colum MacKenzie ask Claire if she has anything he can use to kill himself?

8. How does Claire hope to help Geillis, whom she believes to be here now in the present?

9. What do the clansmen do when Rupert is fatally wounded?

10. When Jamie and Claire arrive at Beaufort Castle, how does his grandfather greet them?

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