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

2. What do Roger and Brianna disagree over in Chapter 40?

3. What does Jamie use to attempt to barter for the return of Roger in Chapter 57?

4. Why does Brianna blackmail her new suitor in Chapter 59?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What story does Lizzie tell Claire and Jamie that convinces them that their daughter has been the victim of assault at Roger's hands?

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

5. With whom does Brianna visit when she arrives in 1769?

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

7. What medical procedure does Claire suggest she might perform on Brianna to make her life easier?

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

9. Why do the Mohawks want to keep Alexandre captive?

10. Why does Brianna buy the servant she buys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following relationships from this novel:

1) Claire and Jamie

2) Claire and Brianna

3) Brianna and Roger

4) Brianna and Jamie

5) Roger and Jamie.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in detail:

1) Moon walk

2) Celtic Festival

3) Mount Helicon.

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