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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. What type of fish do the fish pools at the abbey contain?
2. If Murtagh, Jamie, and Claire are captured by English soldiers, what is Claire supposed to pretend to be?
3. What is the name of the person Jenny ties to a tree in Part 5, Chapter 33?
4. What does Claire do when she visits the tenants' cottages?
5. What does Jenny describe in Part 5, Chapter 30?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Jamie want to go when he mentions his plans to leave Lallybroch on an errand in Part 5, Chapter 28, and why?
2. How does Claire react when she feels the baby moving in Jenny's belly?
3. Describe the Redcoat Claire chases in Part 7, Chapter 37.
4. 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?
5. What does the Franciscan priest teach Claire to do during the night when she is not sleeping?
6. Why does Jenny tell Claire what to name the baby before the baby is born?
7. What does Jamie do with the knife he requests in Part 7, Chapter 36?
8. In Part 6, Chapter 34, why is Murtagh carrying Claire's medicine box?
9. How did the young Alex MacGregor die?
10. Why is Jamie glad that Claire is barren?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare Claire's two marriages, particularly her compatibility with Frank and with Jamie. Do you think she made the right decision when she chose to stay with Jamie? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Consider the few chapters in which Jamie serves as laird of Lallybroch. Do you think the confidence and capability you see in him as a leader in those chapters carries over into later chapters, or does he develop into a leader for a moment and then revert to his ruffian self afterward?
Essay Topic 3
Describe Claire's behavior as a woman in the 1940s and in the 1740s. In which setting does she appear more competent? In which setting does she appear more at ease or more natural? Do you think she adapts easily to a new culture, or does she continue to make cultural errors throughout the novel?
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