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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. What dreams has the shaman been having in regards to Claire in Chapter 20?

2. Who is Gavin Hayes?

3. What ceremony does Gillian believe must be performed to protect travelers as they go through the circle of stones?

4. Where does Jamie and his group decide to travel when they leave South Carolina?

5. What does Claire find when she falls off a cliff in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What items do Fiona and Roger discover offer protection when traveling through time with help from the circle of stones?

2. Who comes to visit Claire and what does she show her?

3. Who killed the Tuscarora shaman and why?

4. Who comes to visit Jamie at Fraser's Ridge? What is significant about the child this visitor brings with him?

5. What crime do Jamie and Claire come across while talking over their future prospects during a walk at the mills?

6. What does Claire find when she falls off a cliff? What is significant about this find?

7. Why have Jamie and Claire come to witness a hanging?

8. For what reason does Brianna turn down Roger's offer of marriage?

9. What illness begins to appear at Fraser's Ridge?

10. Who is the ghost in the cemetery that disturbs Jamie, Claire, and their friends as they prepare to bury Gavin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Dr. Abernathy? What is his role in the novel? How is he related to Brianna? What does Dr. Abernathy represent to Brianna? What was Dr. Abernathy's relationship to Claire? Does Dr. Abernathy know about Claire's time travel? How does Dr. Abernathy help or hinder Brianna in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following character traits as it relates to all the main characters:

1) Motivation

2) Growth or lack thereof

3) Traits, such as selfishness, selflessness, compassion.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss irony. Define irony. How many examples of irony are present in this novel? What makes an event ironic? Is Jamie's decision to help Stephen Bonnet ironic? For what reason? List other examples of irony and what makes them ironic.

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