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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the two say farewell to each other for the last time, Claire is startled when Jamie tells her:
(a) He knows she's pregnant again.
(b) He's deserting his men.
(c) To save his men, he must leave her behind.
(d) He's in love with Mary.

2. At Claire's direction, all of Lallybroch is planting a new crop. Since Ian has never planted this crop before, how does he learn?
(a) He asks Claire how to do it.
(b) He buys a book from Ireland that tells him how.
(c) He has the oldest famer in town teach him.
(d) He asks Jamie for help.

3. What treatment does Claire recommend for Jamie's grandfather?
(a) Bed rest and plenty of fluids.
(b) A limited diet.
(c) Massaging of the prostate.
(d) Surgery immediately.

4. How many troops are marching to Stirling Castle?
(a) Two thousand
(b) Eight thousand.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Five hundred.

5. What happens when a big storm hits Lallybroch?
(a) It floods the village.
(b) It wipes out the barley fields.
(c) The potatoes rot.
(d) The sheep drown.

6. What does Jamie's grandfather say is keeping him up at night?
(a) A constant ache in his chest.
(b) His battle fears.
(c) Feeling as though he needs to urinate.
(d) Noises in the house.

7. What does Brianna do after Roger blacks out at the standing stones?
(a) Throws a bucket of water on him.
(b) Screams for help.
(c) Insists he get some rest.
(d) Runs to him and wakes him.

8. After Jamie and Claire leave Beauly, Lord Lovat sends word that he will what?
(a) Send 200 men to aid Charles.
(b) Have surgery.
(c) No longer have anything to do with Jamie.
(d) Supply battle armor for 200 men.

9. In Chapter 43, where does Jamie lead his men?
(a) To Lord Lovat.
(b) To Hawley Stirling.
(c) To George Murray.
(d) To Alex Randall.

10. Where does Claire go after she breaks into the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities?
(a) To dinner.
(b) To the cemetery.
(c) To the post office.
(d) To find the priest.

11. After the Duke of Sandringham locks Claire up, refusing to release her until she gives him battle information, who rescues Claire?
(a) Alex.
(b) Murtagh.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Fergus.

12. When Claire asks Alex if she can share the state of his health with Randall, he says:
(a) Don't bother him with nonsense.
(b) Of course.
(c) No.
(d) Not yet.

13. As Jamie prepares for another battle against the English, he tells Claire to find sanctuary in a nearby building, which happens to be what?
(a) A barn.
(b) A school.
(c) A church.
(d) A castle.

14. As he prepares to meet his grandfather for the first time ever, what does Jamie reveal to Claire about his father?
(a) His grandfather hired him as a servant and later adopted him .
(b) He's the bastard son of a maid his grandfather slept with.
(c) He was his grandfather's favorite son.
(d) He was known as a healer and seer of the future.

15. Jack Randall offers Claire information on the upcoming battle in exchange for what?
(a) Sexual favors.
(b) Medical treatment.
(c) Food rations.
(d) A particular letter from Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's inside the unmarked packages Claire receives from time to time?

2. A year before her return to Lallybroch, Claire had told everybody to plant:

3. What is Jamie's nickname during the battles between the Scots and the English?

4. When Jamie rushes to the aid of his warriors, why does Claire stay in Edinburgh?

5. When Claire and Roger talk to Dr. McEwan, where do they claim they're from?

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