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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. At the end of the story, how is Claire trying to save Geillis?
(a) By sending her back to the 1700s where she'll be safe.
(b) By clearing her name so she won't be arrested.
(c) By preventing her from returning home so her drunk husband doesn't kill her.
(d) By keeping her from traveling to the 1700s so she won't be burned at the stake.

2. What ailment does Claire tell Jamie's grandfather that he has?
(a) Prostatitis.
(b) Dementia.
(c) A hernia.
(d) An ulcer.

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

4. 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 school.
(b) A barn.
(c) A castle.
(d) A church.

5. After Claire and Roger are done with their visit to the Institute for the Study of Highland Folklore and Antiquities, what does Claire ask Roger to do?
(a) Take Brianna to dinner.
(b) Buy Brianna a gift.
(c) Accompany her to the library.
(d) Lend her his collection of old letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the Battle of Prestonpans begins, where does Claire set up a triage for the wounded?

2. While the English detain her for information, Claire is taken to a house where who else is staying?

3. When Roger brings a bottle of whiskey to Mr. Edgars' house, what does he learn from Mr. Edgars?

4. At the ball in honor of Charles, what does Dougal announce?

5. What does Brianna do after Roger blacks out at the standing stones?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the battle is about to start, Jamie is restless and it seems no one can soothe him. Who, finally, brings him comfort?

2. In Part 6, Chapter 45, what is Jack feeling towards all of the Randalls?

3. What piece of information does Roger give to Claire about Jamie?

4. When Jamie and Claire arrive at Beaufort Castle, how does his grandfather greet them?

5. What do the clansmen do when Rupert is fatally wounded?

6. What is the mood at Lallybroch surrounding the potato planting and harvesting?

7. Mary Rabbie's son suffers from epileptic seizures. How does Claire end up helping Mary and her son?

8. Why does Colum MacKenzie ask Claire if she has anything he can use to kill himself?

9. Describe the outcome of Claire's attempts to save Geillis.

10. What is Alex's final request of Jamie and Claire?

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