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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. How does Jamie's group make money with their gems?

2. Who finds Jamie first in Chapter 21?

3. How many of the Indians have died from the measles when Jamie reaches the village in Chapter 28?

4. What does River Run manufacture?

5. Who is Stephen Bonnet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the moon landing in 1969 as compared to Claire's ability to travel in time?

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

3. Who killed the Tuscarora shaman and why?

4. Why does Claire dislike Jamie's friend, Lord John Grey?

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

6. Why do Jamie and his group board the boat Sally Ann?

7. For what reason does Roger decide to take Brianna to Christmas Eve services at the Catholic Church?

8. What do Jamie and William find when they arrive at the Indian village?

9. The narration moves to 1969 where Brianna Randall currently lives. How is Brianna Randall related to Jamie and Claire?

10. Why do Jamie and Claire worry about how to dispose of the body of the measles victim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following in detail:

1) Moon walk

2) Celtic Festival

3) Mount Helicon.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Brianna Randall? What time period does Brianna live in? Where are her parents? What was Brianna's childhood like? Where was Brianna conceived? How did Brianna's stepfather treat her? Why? Why does attending a Celtic festival upset Brianna? What are her ethnic roots? How does Brianna feel about Roger? How does the reader know the depth of Brianna's feelings? Why does Brianna refuse to marry Roger?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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