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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. How are Francis's battle strategies described?

2. Where do Christian and Sym hide the stranger when Tom Erskine arrives?

3. What is shot from a high branch during a Papingo shoot?

4. How many Crawford brothers are there?

5. Where does Lady Hunter remain every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a Papingo shoot and what happens at the event?

2. What happens when Will and Wat cross paths in Part 2, Chapter 2?

3. Why does Richard need Wat's help in Part 2, Chapter 1?

4. What does Will discover about Francis in Chapter 2, Part 1?

5. How does Francis obtain the letter left for him at the Somerville home?

6. What is the topic of conversation for Tom Erskine and Wat Buccleuch in the Opening Gambit?

7. How is Francis Crawford first introduced in the Opening Gambit?

8. What happens in the battle between the Scottish and the English in Part 1, Chapter 1?

9. What good news do the soldiers bring in Part 1, Chapter 2, and what news does Christian bring to the stranger?

10. Who is Sym and how does he find the stranger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Papingo shoot features new characters and another reason for Richard to resent Francis.

1) Explain what a Papingo shoot is along with the effect it has on the town and its people.

2) Describe Patey Liddell and what he is known for throughout the town.

3) Analyze the ending to the Papingo shoot, how Richard is wounded, the clue that is left behind, and Richard's response to it.

Essay Topic 2

Following a Scottish defeat and victory, the main characters and their families are experiencing the effects of the pending war in different ways.

1) Analyze the various ways that women and men are reacting and coping with the war between Scotland and England.

2) Describe how Mariotta is handling Richard's absence and why her feelings are a major part of the plot.

3) Explain Wat's initial reaction to Will's alliance with Francis and the way he characterizes his son.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the impact that Mariotta's anonymous jewelry has on her marriage. Include how Mariotta first considers the jewelry, Sybilla's defense of Richard during Mariotta's initial complaints, the way she attempts to use the jewelry to gain Richard's attention, Richard's response, and the eventual divide it causes between them.

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