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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. Who does Claire discover at the Tuscarora Indian village in Chapter 53?

2. Where does Roger decide to live in Chapter 71?

3. Who was Morag, the woman Roger saved on the Gloriana?

4. What is the first thing these new Indians do to Roger in Chapter 54?

5. Who insists on tarnishing Jamie's name in front of Brianna in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whose life does Roger place his own life on the line for?

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

4. What story does Lizzie tell Claire and Jamie that convinces them that their daughter has been the victim of assault at Roger's hands?

5. What does Brianna learn about Lord John Grey that she uses to force him to become her fiance?

6. What does Jamie admit he has done to Roger? Why?

7. What happens when Alexandre is put to death by the Mohawks?

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

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

10. Why does Brianna buy the servant she buys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define time travel. Discuss the possibilities of time travel and the impact time travel could have on an individual. Why did the author choose to write her books about time travel? What impact does time travel have on the characters in this novel? Why do the characters choose to time travel? Where did this ability come from? What impact could knowledge of this ability have on the characters and those in their lives? To strangers interested in traveling to the future?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Ian? How is he related to Jamie? What is his role in the novel? How does he illustrate the theme of coming of age? In what time period does he live? How does he learn to become a man? What selfless act causes the reader to see he has reached full maturity? Is this a safe thing Ian has done? Will Ian appear in a later addition of the series? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in detail:

1) Moon walk

2) Celtic Festival

3) Mount Helicon.

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