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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. What has Gillian written about in her diary?

2. What does Claire find when she falls off a cliff in Chapter 23?

3. Where is Ian planning on going from South Carolina?

4. Who is Brianna Randall?

5. How long has Brianna's mother been missing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. For what reason do Jamie and Claire decide to leave River Run?

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

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

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

7. What does Brianna send to Roger that convinces him she is saying goodbye?

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

9. What is the circle of stones?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is an obituary? Whose obituary does Roger find among his father's things? Why does Roger hide this from Brianna? What does Roger think Brianna might do with the information? What does Roger do with the information? Is it possible to change the future given the right information? What might happen to the future if someone were to travel back in time and change too many events? Does the author of this novel deal with this idea? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Brianna Randall? What time period does Brianna live in? Where are her parents? What was Brianna's childhood like? Where was Brianna conceived? How did Brianna's stepfather treat her? Why? Why does attending a Celtic festival upset Brianna? What are her ethnic roots? How does Brianna feel about Roger? How does the reader know the depth of Brianna's feelings? Why does Brianna refuse to marry Roger?

Essay Topic 3

Define and find examples of each of the following elements of style in the novel:

1) Metaphor

2) Simile

3) Symbolism

4) Theme.

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