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

2. In what time period does Brianna live?

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

4. What is the punishment when a black man draws blood on a white man?

5. Who is Hector Cameron?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What crime do Jamie and Claire come across while talking over their future prospects during a walk at the mills?

4. What is River Run and why do Claire, Jamie, and their group decide to take a side trip there?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Jocasta Cameron? What is her business? Why does she want someone else to run it? Who does Jocasta choose to run her business? How does she go about telling this person? Why does no one like her methods? How could Jocasta have handled the situation better? Who ends up giving Jocasta a new head of River Run? In what way? How does Jocasta react to this?

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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