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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. In what city does Jamie learn of Hector Cameron's death?

2. What item does Fiona give Roger to help him pass safely through the circle of stones?

3. Why does Brianna believe she hears the stones?

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

5. What is Roger's profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the circle of stones?

3. Why have Jamie and Claire come to witness a hanging?

4. Brianna and Roger go to watch the moon landing at Dr. Abernathy's house. How is Abernathy related to Brianna?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why do Jamie and Claire worry about how to dispose of the body of the measles victim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following character traits as it relates to all the main characters:

1) Motivation

2) Growth or lack thereof

3) Traits, such as selfishness, selflessness, compassion.

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

This novel describes what happens when one woman travels in time. Discuss how Claire's actions have affected the lives of the people around her, including the people of the past and the present. Discuss what Jamie's life would have been like if Claire had never traveled in time, what Claire changed by traveling in time, and how those changes might have changed the future. Also discuss how Brianna's birth may have caused a change in time, leading to a disruption of the future. Discuss time travel and all its inherent dangers, especially those suggested or glossed over in this novel.

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