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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. Who admires Jamie's ability to handle danger on his own in Chapter 15?

2. What is River Run?

3. How long does Roger promise to wait for Brianna to marry him in Chapter 18?

4. What time of the year is it when Brianna visits Roger in Scotland?

5. Why does Roger take Brianna to Christmas Eve church services in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the moon landing in 1969 as compared to Claire's ability to travel in time?

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

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

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

5. Who comes to visit Claire and what does she show her?

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

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

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

9. The narration moves to 1969 where Brianna Randall currently lives. How is Brianna Randall related to Jamie and Claire?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Jamie Fraser? Why does he move to America? Why does he he turn down the offer to run River Run? Why does he decide to create a new community? What does Jamie hope to get from this community? What kind of a man is Jamie Fraser? How does the reader learn about his motives and his ambitions? How does Jamie treat his family members? Why did Jamie leave Inverness?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following settings in detail:

1) Inverness, Scotland--both in the past and present

2) Boston, Massachusetts

3) Fraser's Ridge

4) River Run.

Essay Topic 3

What is a shaman? Who is the shaman who comes to visit Claire? What does this shaman give to Claire to help her protect herself and her people? What happens to the shaman? What does Claire take that is supposed to keep the shaman's spirit with her always? Does it? Do shaman have special healing powers? Does Claire use these powers to help people? Is Claire a shaman?

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