View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Duke of Sandringham locks Claire up, refusing to release her until she gives him battle information, who rescues Claire?
(a) Murtagh.
(b) Alex.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Fergus.

2. What does Claire continue to bring Alex as his health declines rapidly?
(a) Food.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Messages.
(d) Medicine.

3. 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) If Jamie will be a good father one day.
(b) Why Ian doesn't help more with the children.
(c) If she'll be a good mother one day.
(d) When Jenny will get some rest.

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

5. Jack Randall offers Claire information on the upcoming battle in exchange for what?
(a) Sexual favors.
(b) Food rations.
(c) Medical treatment.
(d) A particular letter from Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Claire and Jamie arrive at Culloden House, what does Alec reveal?

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

3. With English troops surrounding the building where Claire and others are hiding, what plan does Jamie devise?

4. As he prepares to meet his grandfather for the first time ever, what does Jamie reveal to Claire about his father?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Claire feel about going with the English troops?

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

3. What piece of information does Roger give to Claire about Jamie?

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

5. Claire is taking care of Fergus and Jamie, both of whom are feverish, when there's a knock on the door and she finds Jonathan Randall standing there. How does she handle his request?

6. Describe a few differences between Jonathan and his brother Alex.

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

8. Describe the outcome of Claire's attempts to save Geillis.

9. When the battle is about to start, Jamie is restless and it seems no one can soothe him. Who, finally, brings him comfort?

10. What is the mood at Lallybroch surrounding the potato planting and harvesting?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 851 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample