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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 job does Roger get on a ship traveling to America in Chapter 36?

2. What does Roger find during a brief escape attempt in Chapter 51?

3. Who tells Roger about Brianna's pregnancy in Chapter 60?

4. Who insists on tarnishing Jamie's name in front of Brianna in Chapter 34?

5. What items do Jamie, Ian, and Claire take to trade with the Tuscarora Indians in Chapter 53?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Alexandre is put to death by the Mohawks?

2. Whose life does Roger place his own life on the line for?

3. With whom does Brianna arrange to meet privately? For what reason?

4. What does Jamie admit he has done to Roger? Why?

5. Who attacks Lord John Grey? For what reason?

6. Why does Brianna give her son the last name Mackenzie?

7. What does Brianna learn about Lord John Grey that she uses to force him to become her fiance?

8. Why does Jocasta want Brianna to find a man to marry?

9. How does Roger react to having been sold to the Indians?

10. What job does Roger take when he attempts to make his way to America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Stephen Bonnet? Why does Jamie help him escape hanging? When does Jamie meet Bonnet next? How does Bonnet show gratitude? Why does Brianna arrange to meet with Bonnet alone? What happens at this meeting? How does this encounter change Brianna's life? What does Brianna choose to do with her new future? What choice does Roger make in regard to Brianna's trauma?

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

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.

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