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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. Where are Jamie and his group taking Pollyanne in Chapter 14?

2. What does the shaman show Claire to help her in her future endeavors in Chapter 20?

3. Who robs all the passengers of the Sally Ann?

4. What has Gillian written about in her diary?

5. How does the slave become injured in the hours before his judgment is to be carried out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. For what reason does Brianna turn down Roger's offer of marriage?

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

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

7. What are Claire and Jamie looking for as they separate from their friends in the mountains?

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

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

10. Who killed the Tuscarora shaman and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following relationships from this novel:

1) Claire and Jamie

2) Claire and Brianna

3) Brianna and Roger

4) Brianna and Jamie

5) Roger and Jamie.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Ian? How is he related to Jamie? What is his role in the novel? How does he illustrate the theme of coming of age? In what time period does he live? How does he learn to become a man? What selfless act causes the reader to see he has reached full maturity? Is this a safe thing Ian has done? Will Ian appear in a later addition of the series? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 3

Define time travel. Discuss the possibilities of time travel and the impact time travel could have on an individual. Why did the author choose to write her books about time travel? What impact does time travel have on the characters in this novel? Why do the characters choose to time travel? Where did this ability come from? What impact could knowledge of this ability have on the characters and those in their lives? To strangers interested in traveling to the future?

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