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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 name does Brianna choose to call her biological father in Chapter 42?

2. Who has asked Jocasta to marry him in Chapter 71?

3. Where is Brianna's baby born in Chapter 64?

4. What does Claire want to offer Brianna to help with her predicament?

5. Who does Pollyanne blame for the botched abortion and deaths at River Run?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who asks Jocasta to marry him?

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

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

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 Jamie Fraser? Why does he move to America? Why does he he turn down the offer to run River Run? Why does he decide to create a new community? What does Jamie hope to get from this community? What kind of a man is Jamie Fraser? How does the reader learn about his motives and his ambitions? How does Jamie treat his family members? Why did Jamie leave Inverness?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss irony. Define irony. How many examples of irony are present in this novel? What makes an event ironic? Is Jamie's decision to help Stephen Bonnet ironic? For what reason? List other examples of irony and what makes them ironic.

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