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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 dreams has the shaman been having in regards to Claire in Chapter 20?
(a) Dreams about an injury.
(b) Dreams of newborn babies.
(c) Dreams of great grief.
(d) Dreams about illness and death.

2. Who is Pollyanne escaping from in Chapter 14?
(a) Sergeant Merchison.
(b) Duncan Innes.
(c) Jocasta Cameron.
(d) Froquard Campbell.

3. Who is Mueller?
(a) Jamie's cousin.
(b) The doctore from the local village.
(c) The man who killed an Indian in revenge for the death by measles of his wife and child.
(d) The preacher from the Lutheran church in Salem.

4. Who asks Jamie to buy some land in the area and live on it, making it appear prosperous and productive?
(a) A congressman.
(b) The president.
(c) The governor.
(d) The mayor.

5. Why did Brianna send Roger a package at Oxford during the summer term in Chapter 30?
(a) So he could share it with his colleagues.
(b) So he would not get it right away.
(c) So he could use it in his work.
(d) So he would get it immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Roger called Brianna in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?

2. What is Claire's main occupation now that the community Jamie has built is growing?

3. Why do Jamie, Claire, and Fergus come to South Carolina in Chapter 1?

4. What danger catches Jamie nearly unawares in Chapter 15?

5. What is a shaman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Claire worried about Jamie's determination to remain on the mountain through winter?

2. Why do Jamie and his group board the boat Sally Ann?

3. Jamie and Claire run into Ian and Duncan Innes as they attempt to buy passage on a ship to Scotland. How is Ian related to Jamie?

4. Why is Roger cleaning out his father's house?

5. What crime do Jamie and Claire come across while talking over their future prospects during a walk at the mills?

6. Roger Wakefield takes Brianna to a Celtic Festival. What is a Celtic Festival and why does Brianna react so poorly to the festival?

7. What do Jamie and William find when they arrive at the Indian village?

8. Why do Jamie and Claire worry about how to dispose of the body of the measles victim?

9. Why does Jamie decide to go hunting alone in the mountains?

10. What does Claire find when she falls off a cliff? What is significant about this find?

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