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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. Where is Sam Harvey scheduled to travel in order to meet with Francis?

2. What kind of a leader is Will looking to be aligned with when he approaches Francis?

3. What is the name of the maritime vessel that arrives in Scotland in the Opening Gambit?

4. What type of treatment does Crawford's group get from Molly at the inn?

5. Where does Lady Hunter remain every day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Wat initially react to the news of Will's alliance with Francis?

4. What are some of the problems that Dandy is having?

5. What is the Philosopher's Stone experiment?

6. How is Catherine Hunter described, and what is her situation?

7. What does Will learn from Francis during his first month with the army?

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

9. What happens between Mariotta and Richard when he returns in Part 2, Chapter 2?

10. Why is Wat pretending to be sick?

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

Explain the author's character development of Francis as the main character in the book. Provide several examples of how the mystery of his intentions is kept and why, the elements of his character that make it intriguing, and the effect it has on the other characters. Also, include a description of the layers of Francis's character that are revealed when Christian is captured, wounded, and during the time that she passes away.

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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