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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 21, what does Claire remove from her sleeve?
(a) A piece of waterweed.
(b) A stray hair.
(c) A spider.
(d) Lint.

2. With whom did Claire live after the age of five?
(a) Her grandparents.
(b) Uncle Lamb.
(c) Mrs. Baird.
(d) Her parents.

3. In what country is this novel set?
(a) The United States.
(b) Scotland.
(c) England.
(d) Italy.

4. How much money does Jamie receive from the Mackenzie rents per quarter?
(a) Thirty shillings.
(b) A hundred pounds.
(c) Five crowns.
(d) Twenty pounds.

5. What is the name of Jamie's brother-in-law?
(a) Ian Murray.
(b) Jonathan Randall.
(c) Duncan McConnell.
(d) James Beacon.

6. Where do Frank and Claire go to observe the Scottish women's ancient rituals?
(a) Castle Leoch.
(b) Church.
(c) The pub.
(d) Craigh na Dun.

7. Who dies in Part 4, Chapter 24?
(a) Dougal's wife.
(b) Arthur Duncan.
(c) Captain Randall.
(d) Colum Mackenzie.

8. Who taught Jamie to fight left-handed?
(a) Colum Mackenzie.
(b) Dougal.
(c) Jamie's father.
(d) Old Alec.

9. In the opening paragraphs of Part 1, Chapter 5, who awakens Claire?
(a) Jamie.
(b) Mistress FitzGibbons.
(c) Jonathan Randall.
(d) Frank.

10. What type of nuisance startles Claire in Part 3, Chapter 23?
(a) A garter snake.
(b) A cockroach.
(c) The sound of a gunshot.
(d) A bedbug.

11. What is the name of the fearsome stallion that is too wild to be ridden?
(a) Donas.
(b) Thunderbolt.
(c) Cobhar.
(d) Mo duinne.

12. What does "mo duinne" mean?
(a) "My wife."
(b) "My brown one."
(c) "Sweetheart."
(d) "My blond-haired girl."

13. What is the name of the Englishman whom Jamie is going to meet?
(a) Spencer.
(b) Monroe.
(c) Horrocks.
(d) Marks.

14. What is Jamie's cousin, Alexander Fraser, by way of profession?
(a) A physician.
(b) A professor.
(c) A journalist.
(d) An abbot.

15. When Claire is trying to escape the castle in Part 2, Chapter 10, over what does she trip in the stable?
(a) Tack.
(b) Jamie.
(c) A water bucket.
(d) A colt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the inn at which Jamie and Claire arrive in Part 3, Chapter 23?

2. Captain Randall's speech carries the accent of which geographical area?

3. What is the name of Colum Mackenzie's solicitor?

4. What horse do Jamie and Claire take when they leave Castle Leoch?

5. After Captain Randall hits Claire in the stomach, what does she drink in Part 3, Chapter 13, to help steady her nerves?

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