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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 is the captain of the Gloriana?

2. Why does Roger believe the baby of Morag does not have smallpox in Chapter 39?

3. Who does Roger meet in the forest as he approaches Fraser's Ridge in Chapter 46?

4. What last name does Brianna give to her baby?

5. What does Jamie encourage Brianna to do in Chapter 50 when she becomes concerned about Roger's safety?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does Brianna tell her mother could be the father of her baby?

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

7. What sex is Brianna's baby? Who offers to become the child's legal father?

8. What illness does Brianna fear her servant, Lizzie, is suffering?

9. Why does Brianna buy the servant she buys?

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

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

Discuss one of the following themes in detail:

1) Love

2) Family

3) Crime

4) Time Travel.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Claire Fraser? How did she happen to travel in time? How has time travel impacted her life? Why did Claire return her daughter to her own time? Why did Claire return to the 1700s? What kind of life does Claire have in the 1700s? How is it different from her previous life in the 1940s? How has Claire adjusted to this new time period?

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