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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps Claire choose good medicinal herbs in Part 5, Chapter 28?
(a) Mrs. Fitzgibbons.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Mrs. MacNab.
(d) Geillis Duncan.

2. How many Redcoats do Claire, Murtagh, and Jamie encounter while they are trying to get away from the area of Wentworth Prison?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

3. What is the date scheduled for Jamie's execution?
(a) December 23.
(b) November 2.
(c) July 12.
(d) September 30.

4. What type of ointment does Claire use to help Jamie's back heal in Part 7, Chapter 40?
(a) Bag balm.
(b) Triple antibiotic ointment.
(c) Dandelion wine.
(d) Marigold salve.

5. What does Jenny want to name the baby if it is a girl?
(a) Myra.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Laoghaire.
(d) Claire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boy does Jamie accept as a helper with the horses?

2. What does MacRannoch send Jamie to give to Claire?

3. What is Claire doing at the beginning of Part 5, Chapter 32?

4. In Part 5, Chapter 32, what is Claire cooking for dessert?

5. When he is talking to the Redcoats in Part 7, Chapter 37, where does Murtagh pretend he wants to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Redcoat Claire chases in Part 7, Chapter 37.

2. When Claire first finds Jamie in Part 7, Chapter 35, why does he look so haggard despite apparently not having been beaten?

3. As Jamie tells Claire in Part 7, Chapter 41, why did he ask her to let him die in the immediate aftermath of his escape from Wentworth Prison?

4. How do Claire and her group get Jamie out of prison?

5. Why does Jamie carry a dried mole's foot with him at all times?

6. What does Jamie do with the knife he requests in Part 7, Chapter 36?

7. What does the Franciscan priest teach Claire to do during the night when she is not sleeping?

8. When Claire goes to sees Jamie in the beginning of Part 7, Chapter 39, Murtagh stops her before she gets to the door and tells her what?

9. According to Jenny, why do men make love to women?

10. In Part 6, Chapter 34, why is Murtagh carrying Claire's medicine box?

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