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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With Jonathan Randall dead, what do Claire and Jamie come to realize?
(a) Randall had been poisoned.
(b) Jonathan Randall and Prince Charles Edward had had an affair.
(c) The future is being changed.
(d) He had killed himself.

2. When Claire wakes up in a cold sweat, what had she just dreamed about?
(a) That Brianna was in a car crash.
(b) That she was burned at the stake.
(c) The Highlands of the 1700s.
(d) That she was a Scottish warrior in the 1700s.

3. When Hawkins calls Claire a "whore," what does Jamie do?
(a) Punches him in the face.
(b) Demands that he leave.
(c) Challenges him to a duel.
(d) Bursts into tears.

4. After Jamie is released by the king, what is he told he must do?
(a) Never duel again.
(b) Pay a fine.
(c) Take better care of Claire.
(d) Return to Scotland.

5. What does Jaime confess to Claire once she awakens after fainting?
(a) If she had not fainted, he would have killed Alexander Randall.
(b) He is unreasonably jealous and protective of her.
(c) He hates Alexander Randall with a passion.
(d) He's ashamed of being attracted to someone at the ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Brianna and Roger lead Claire to a gravestone, what name is she startled to read?

2. While Claire nurses a man with a fractured leg, what does the dog Bouton alert her to?

3. Right before Geillis Duncan, who is tried as a witch, is burned alive, what does Claire notice?

4. When Jamie has to leave for the local jail to help sort things out, who is left to care for Claire?

5. At the beginning of the story, who do Claire and her daughter, Brianna, visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Claire begins to explain to Roger and Brianna something very important about her past. What is she trying to tell them?

2. What's the real reason Monsieur Forez describes in great, gory detail how he is to hang, draw, and quarter a traitor?

3. When Jamie and the other men are taken to jail to sort out what happened to Mary, Fergus guards Claire in his absence. What does Claire learn about Fergus during this time?

4. What paranormal event seems to take place in Chapter 25, and how does it help Claire?

5. Claire wears her new red dress to the grand ball hosted by the king. Describe the exchange between her and Jamie about her outfit.

6. After she is raped, how is Mary cared for by Claire?

7. How do Claire and Jamie feel about returning to Lallybroch?

8. How are the many gatherings and palace ball affecting Claire in her pregnant state?

9. In Chapter 24, Claire gets the feeling that Jamie has gone to kill Randall after all. What was the clue that led to Claire's conclusion?

10. What does Jamie make Claire promise regarding Frank?

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