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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. Why does Jocasta attempt to play matchmaker for Brianna in Chapter 56?

2. Who created the tombstone Claire saw for Jamie in Scotland?

3. What illness do the passengers appear to have when they are allowed back up on deck in Chapter 38?

4. Whom does Brianna meet upon her arrival in 1769?

5. Who does Brianna arrange to meet alone in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Brianna tell her mother could be the father of her baby?

2. With whom does Brianna arrange to meet privately? For what reason?

3. Why does Jocasta want Brianna to find a man to marry?

4. Who asks Jocasta to marry him?

5. With whom does Brianna visit when she arrives in 1769?

6. Why do the Mohawks want to keep Alexandre captive?

7. Why does Brianna give her son the last name Mackenzie?

8. What illness does Brianna fear her servant, Lizzie, is suffering?

9. Who attacks Lord John Grey? For what reason?

10. How does Roger react to having been sold to the Indians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Roger Wakefield? What role does he play in Brianna's life? How is Roger related to Jamie Fraser and his family? How does Roger save his own great grandmother six times removed? Why? Was this intentional? Could this change Roger's life in the 1970s? Why does Roger follow Brianna to the 1770s? How doe he follow her? What knowledge does Roger's relative, Fiona, have that helps him? What happens to Roger when he arrives in the past?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following themes in detail:

1) Love

2) Family

3) Crime

4) Time Travel.

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