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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 Roger drives to Brock Tuarach, what does he find?

2. What new job does Jamie give Fergus?

3. After Claire passes out and is brought back, she explains that in 1945, what happened?

4. In her nightmare about her pregnancy, what does Claire have in her belly?

5. Claire explains that she and Frank had visited the standing stones where they witnessed a ritual performed by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Claire and Jamie feel about returning to Lallybroch?

2. Explain what Jamie goes through when he gives Fergus ten lashes.

3. 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?

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

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

6. At Raymond's shop, what does Claire see when she follows him into the little room at the other side of the wall, reached by going beneath the table?

7. In Chapter 17, Jamie is spending more time with Charles, to the point where he comes home extremely late -- or not at all. How does Claire feel about this?

8. In a letter that Jamie and Claire decode, James wants Charles to find favor with King Louis. Explain why.

9. How are the many gatherings and palace ball affecting Claire in her pregnant state?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A running theme in the story is that of overcoming loss. Select a passage from the book to answer the following:

Part 1) What loss is experienced in the passage? By whom?

Part 2) What is the immediate reaction to the loss?

Part 3) How is the loss ultimately overcome?

Part 4) Did any character(s) grow as a result of the loss? In what way? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Choose ONE of these secondary characters to describe in detail. Explain what relevance the character has to the plot of the story. If the character did not exist, could the author still tell the same story? Why or why not?

1. Fergus, the servant boy.

2. Raymond, the herb seller.

3. Hildegarde, the hospital coordinator.

Essay Topic 3

Ultimately, Jamie and Claire are separated, with Claire returning to the 1940s.

Part 1) Was it necessary for Claire to leave Jamie when she did? Why or why not?

Part 2) What might have happened if instead she stayed behind?

Part 3) Under the circumstances, do you feel their separation is justified? Explain.

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