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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Murtagh, Jamie, and Claire are captured by English soldiers, what is Claire supposed to pretend to be?
(a) Blind.
(b) An English hostage.
(c) A desperately ill woman.
(d) A mute.

2. When Claire wakes up in Part 7, Chapter 40, Father Anselm tells her that she has been asleep for how long?
(a) Thirty-six hours.
(b) Three days.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Eight hours.

3. While Murtagh and Claire are looking for Jamie, what does Claire do in addition to tending the sick people they meet?
(a) Cooks community breakfasts.
(b) Hunts medicinal herbs.
(c) Tells fortunes.
(d) Darns socks.

4. While Ian and Jamie are discussing business in Part 5, Chapter 30, what is Claire doing?
(a) Baking.
(b) Writing recipes.
(c) Grinding medicines with a mortar and pestle.
(d) Washing clothes.

5. In Part 7, Chapter 39, what does Jamie hug when he will not touch Claire?
(a) A pillow.
(b) Brother Ambrose.
(c) His blankets.
(d) His knees.

6. In Part 5, Chapter 27, who offers to gather some apples in the orchard for Jenny?
(a) Ian.
(b) Murtagh.
(c) Claire.
(d) Jamie.

7. Whom does Jenny blame for what happened to Jamie and to their father at the hands of Captain Randall?
(a) Herself.
(b) Corporal Hawkins.
(c) Murtagh.
(d) Jamie.

8. What color dress does Claire wear for the holiday events?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

9. What is the name of the housekeeper at Jamie's home?
(a) Mrs. Fitzgibbons.
(b) Mrs. Crook.
(c) Mrs. Mackenzie.
(d) Mrs. Horrocks.

10. What is Claire doing at the beginning of Part 5, Chapter 32?
(a) Weeding her asparagus patch.
(b) Making beeswax candles.
(c) Grinding medicines with her mortar and pestle.
(d) Harvesting corydalis tubers.

11. Of what is the dress made that Jenny is wearing in Part 5, Chapter 27?
(a) Yellow cotton.
(b) White linen.
(c) Blue silk.
(d) Red wool.

12. Which monk tends the abbey's greenhouse expertly, including watching over the growth of medicinal herbs?
(a) Brother Ambrose.
(b) Brother Bartolome.
(c) Abbot Alexander.
(d) Father Herbert.

13. In Part 5, Chapter 28, Jamie mentions that which holiday is coming up?
(a) Arbor Day.
(b) Quarter Day.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Michaelmas.

14. As Ian relates to Jamie, on what holiday did Jenny and he get married?
(a) St. Martin's Day.
(b) Quarter Day.
(c) Ascension Sunday.
(d) St. Anne's Day.

15. Where does Mrs. Crook do the laundry?
(a) Upstairs in a bathtub.
(b) At the local laundromat.
(c) In the river.
(d) In a cauldron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire drink when she wakes up in Part 7, Chapter 40?

2. In what year was Jamie's house built?

3. What is the date scheduled for Jamie's execution?

4. When does Jenny rejoin the family's goings-on after giving birth?

5. When he is talking to the Redcoats in Part 7, Chapter 37, where does Murtagh pretend he wants to go?

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