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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. When Jamie has to leave for the local jail to help sort things out, who is left to care for Claire?

2. When Claire's hair is revealed from underneath her hood, what do her attackers call her?

3. Running into the kitchen babbling that he has failed Jamie, what does Fergus demand?

4. After Claire's visit to comfort Mary, she and Jaime are invited to the Duke's home. While Jamie tends to business there, what does Claire enjoy looking at?

5. After Mary writes a statement about the rape, what does Claire do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Claire wears her new red dress to the grand ball hosted by the king. Describe the exchange between her and Jamie about her outfit.

2. Describe Claire's abilities as a caregiver at the hospital.

3. What secret has Claire been keeping from her daughter Brianna about her father?

4. After she is raped, how is Mary cared for by Claire?

5. What paranormal event seems to take place in Chapter 25, and how does it help Claire?

6. Having gone back in time, Claire jumps to 1700s Paris where she is with Jamie and pregnant. In what way is she, having traveled to the past, in the right place at the right time?

7. Roger discovers an old newspaper with Claire's name and picture on it. He reads the words "Returned from the Dead." What does he learn from this article?

8. Explain what Claire concludes regarding the gold wedding ring still on her hand and the connection between Frank and Randall.

9. Claire is researching an old battle fought in Scotland. What is she trying to find out?

10. After Jamie is released by the king, he and Claire are reunited. Describe their time together.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many instances where the relationship between Claire and Jamie is tested. At times they become angry with or jealous of each other, yet each time their love and trust win out.

Part 1) Describe one scenario from the story where this relationship is tested or strained.

Part 2) Explain how the couple works out their issues in this particular scenario and comes to a resolution. Why are they successful?

Essay Topic 2

When Claire and Jamie are done in France, they return to their Scottish village, Lallybroch, where they live and work with Jenny and Ian.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the life Claire and Jamie had in France with the life they lead in Scotland.

Part 2) Where do you feel the characters are happier? more useful? fit in better? Explain why.

Essay Topic 3

The main characters live and work in a number of different settings. Choose ONE of the following to describe in detail. Include a description of the setting and some of the action or activity that took place there. Then, explain how this place was significant to the plot of the story.

1. Lallybroch, Scotland, where Jamie returns with Claire before the battle.

2. Culloden Field, Scotland, where the great battle of 1745 takes place.

3. L' Hopital des Anges, France, the hospital where Claire volunteers her time.

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