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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 decides to take responsibility as the father of Brianna's child in Chapter 64?

2. Who does Brianna claim really raped her in Chapter 44?

3. What does Brianna see on the hand of a stranger in Chapter 41?

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

5. How long does Jamie caution Brianna and Roger to wait before they decide on their future?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who asks Jocasta to marry him?

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

6. Why does Brianna buy the servant she buys?

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

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

9. Where does Brianna go for the duration of her pregnancy?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define time travel. Discuss the possibilities of time travel and the impact time travel could have on an individual. Why did the author choose to write her books about time travel? What impact does time travel have on the characters in this novel? Why do the characters choose to time travel? Where did this ability come from? What impact could knowledge of this ability have on the characters and those in their lives? To strangers interested in traveling to the future?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Ian? How is he related to Jamie? What is his role in the novel? How does he illustrate the theme of coming of age? In what time period does he live? How does he learn to become a man? What selfless act causes the reader to see he has reached full maturity? Is this a safe thing Ian has done? Will Ian appear in a later addition of the series? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Jamie sell Roger to the Indians? Was this a common practice in Jamie's time? What were the Indians to do with Roger? How does Roger react to this situation? Why does Roger not escape? Why do the Indians sell Roger to the Mohawks? What do the Mohawks do to Roger? Who is Alexandre? Why do the Indians hate Alexandre? Why do they decide to put him to death? How does his death change the way the Mohawks view Roger?

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