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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 robs all the passengers of the Sally Ann?

2. How does Jamie's group make money with their gems?

3. To whose home does Brianna take Roger in order to view the moon landing?

4. What is Jocasta's physical disability?

5. What does Fergus do in the pub that helps him earn a few extra dollars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Claire find when she falls off a cliff? What is significant about this find?

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

3. Who killed the Tuscarora shaman and why?

4. Why does Jamie decide to go hunting alone in the mountains?

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

6. What do Jamie and William find when they arrive at the Indian village?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Jamie sell Roger to the Indians? Was this a common practice in Jamie's time? What were the Indians to do with Roger? How does Roger react to this situation? Why does Roger not escape? Why do the Indians sell Roger to the Mohawks? What do the Mohawks do to Roger? Who is Alexandre? Why do the Indians hate Alexandre? Why do they decide to put him to death? How does his death change the way the Mohawks view Roger?

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