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Diana Gabaldon
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Drums of Autumn Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Diana Gabaldon
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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. Who does Jocasta hope will take over River Run for her?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Ian.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Claire.

2. What is Claire's main occupation now that the community Jamie has built is growing?
(a) Caring for Jamie.
(b) Caring for her small child.
(c) Caring for the medical needs of the community.
(d) Caring for the Indians.

3. How does Roger use Gillian's diary to help him in Chapter 31?
(a) Roger reads about Claire's experience and hopes to duplicate it.
(b) Roger uses Gillian's research to figure out how to make the stones work.
(c) Roger uses Gillian's adventures to help him understand the landscape of 1771.
(d) Roger uses the names of Gillian's ancestors to know who to trust in the past.

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

5. Who comes to Claire's rescue in Chapter 23 when she falls off a cliff?
(a) Rollo and Jamie.
(b) Rollo, Ian and Jamie.
(c) Rollo and Ian.
(d) Fergus and Ian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pollyanne escaping from in Chapter 14?

2. Who created Roger's family tree?

3. Where does Jamie and his group decide to travel when they leave South Carolina?

4. What is Fiona's connection to the circle of stones?

5. What does Roger believe the package Brianna sent him in Chapter 30 is supposed to mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is River Run and why do Claire, Jamie, and their group decide to take a side trip there?

2. What role does Jocasta want Jamie to fill at River Run?

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

4. What does Roger find among his father's papers that he chooses to keep from Brianna? How might this item have affected Brianna's decisions?

5. Who does Fiona leave alone with Roger to clean out the library?

6. Who is the ghost in the cemetery that disturbs Jamie, Claire, and their friends as they prepare to bury Gavin?

7. Who comes to visit Jamie at Fraser's Ridge? What is significant about the child this visitor brings with him?

8. What item does Fiona have that helps her and Roger figure out how to use the circle of stones to travel through time?

9. Who is present at a party Jamie and Claire are invited to in Wilmington, North Carolina? What business deal does this person suggest to Jamie?

10. Who is Jocasta Cameron and what is manufactured on her plantation, River Run?

(see the answer keys)

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