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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Brianna refuse to accept Roger's proposal in Chapter 18?

2. Why do Jamie and his group board the Sally Ann even though Jamie is afraid of boats?

3. What is given to Claire from this deceased person in Chapter 27?

4. Who is Roger Wakefield?

5. What is the name of pub where Jamie and his friends stop while trying to decide what they should do after Gavin's burial?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Jamie and Claire to have to spend the night alone in the open on a winter night?

2. Why does Claire dislike Jamie's friend, Lord John Grey?

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

4. For what reason does Roger decide to take Brianna to Christmas Eve services at the Catholic Church?

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

6. Who killed the Tuscarora shaman and why?

7. How does Jamie disrupt the hanging as his friend his about to face the gallows?

8. What items do Fiona and Roger discover offer protection when traveling through time with help from the circle of stones?

9. What animal does Jamie face and kill in the mountains? To what friendship does this lead?

10. Why do Jamie and Claire choose the site in the mountains on which they plan to make their home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following in detail:

1) Moon walk

2) Celtic Festival

3) Mount Helicon.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following themes in detail:

1) Love

2) Family

3) Crime

4) Time Travel.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Claire Fraser? How did she happen to travel in time? How has time travel impacted her life? Why did Claire return her daughter to her own time? Why did Claire return to the 1700s? What kind of life does Claire have in the 1700s? How is it different from her previous life in the 1940s? How has Claire adjusted to this new time period?

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