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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. When Claire goes to check on Jamie in Part 7, Chapter 40, who has been taking care of him?
(a) Abbot Alexander.
(b) Brother Roger.
(c) Brother Polydore.
(d) Brother Ambrose.

3. What do Jamie and Ian do while Jenny is in labor?
(a) Tend the fields.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Get drunk.
(d) Smoke cigars.

4. Which object does the box of Jamie's personal effects, brought by the prison employee in Part 7, Chapter 35, NOT contain?
(a) A razor.
(b) A piece of glass.
(c) A dried mole's foot.
(d) A Bible.

5. What is the name of the boy who was supposed to gather all the cattle before a coming storm?
(a) Reuben.
(b) Absalom.
(c) David.
(d) Abraham.

6. When he is talking to the Redcoats in Part 7, Chapter 37, where does Murtagh pretend he wants to go?
(a) Wentworth Prison.
(b) Ballagh.
(c) Castle Leoch.
(d) Edinburgh.

7. What is the name of the Franciscan priest with whom Claire strikes up a friendship?
(a) Father Herbert.
(b) Father Augustine.
(c) Father Anselm.
(d) Father Thomas.

8. Where does Jamie take Claire in Part 7, Chapter 41?
(a) Rome.
(b) The hot spring.
(c) The herbarium.
(d) The abbey's library.

9. What does MacRannoch send Jamie to give to Claire?
(a) A bearskin rug.
(b) A pearl bracelet.
(c) Fine china.
(d) A ruby ring.

10. What time of year is it at the end of the novel?
(a) Summer.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Spring.
(d) Late winter.

11. What type of fish do the fish pools at the abbey contain?
(a) Trout.
(b) Carp.
(c) Goldfish.
(d) Herring.

12. What does Murtagh force Jamie to drink in order to put him to sleep while they are on the boat?
(a) Mulled wine.
(b) Warm milk.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Hot tea.

13. What group of people do Claire and Murtagh meet near Belladrum in Part 6, Chapter 34?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Redcoats.
(d) The Watch.

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

15. What name does Jenny call Jamie in Part 5, Chapter 31, while she is making him ready for the holiday?
(a) Rex.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Mo duinne.
(d) Roy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which monk tends Jamie's wounds?

4. What does Claire do when she visits the tenants' cottages?

5. Who is in charge of Wentworth Prison?

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