View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Serena thinks about looking outside the cave for her brothers?

2. What does Whtesmouth tell Brigham about the fight to come?

3. What does Serena do when Brigham regains consciousness?

4. Why does Brigham remember the name Colonel Standish?

5. What does Brigham think about as his men moving back toward Inverness?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when five dragoons find Serena and the rest hiding in the cave?

2. What does Brigham say when she tells him there is nothing she denies him? Explain why he feels that way?

3. Why is Serena so upset when Brigham finds her near the water?

4. How do they treat Brigham's wounds in the cave?

5. Why does Brigham go to the men's club that evening, even though he is warned to leave? Doesn't he care that he is in danger?

6. What does Serena admit to her mother she is upset about marrying Brigham? What does Fiona tell Serena after realizing her daughter is so distressed over whether she marries Brigham or not?

7. What does Brigham think is wrong with the battleground at Drumossie Moor?

8. What is Serena struggling with during the three weeks in Holyrood House?

9. After burying their father, what does Serena and Malcolm do? Why?

10. What does Malcolm admit he is upset about when he talks with Brigham? How does Brigham react to what Malcolm tells him? What does Brigham tell Malcolm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the purpose of a duel; What are the rules of a duel? Why does Brigham have to set up Standish under false pretenses of a game of dice in order to fight the duel?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why Brigham, a titled, wealthy and respected citizen of England, sides with the Scots in a war that gains him nothing. What about his heritage is part of his decision? What about his personal code is part of the decision?

Essay Topic 3

What changes after the Scots take Edinburgh? Does this influence the outcome of the war? How?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 935 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample