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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. Where is Claire at the opening of Part 3, Chapter 21?

2. What excuse does Jamie give Dougal when he and Claire want to slip away to make love?

3. What flowers does Claire wear in her hair in Part 3, Chapter 14?

4. In what country is this novel set?

5. Who argues on Claire's behalf at the witch trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the man Claire first meets when she wakes up in Part 1, Chapter 3.

2. Describe the reason that Jamie is an outlaw.

3. Why is Captain Randall startled when Claire mentions the Duke of Sandringham?

4. Why does Dougal tell Claire the details of Jamie's flogging?

5. Describe the wedding ring that Jamie gives Claire.

6. As Claire reveals to Jamie, how did she know Arthur Duncan's immediate cause of death?

7. What does Frank ask Claire about her behavior during the war?

8. Why does Jamie immediately ask Colum Mackenzie for his share of the rent?

9. What unexpected event happens while Claire and Jamie are making love in the woods in Part 3, Chapter 20?

10. Why does Geillis Duncan tell Claire not to help the abandoned baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the setting of Scotland in the 1940s and Scotland in the 1740s. How are they similar? How are they different? What are the elements that are present in each, and what elements only occur in one setting or the other?

Essay Topic 2

Although Mrs. MacNab only appears in two chapters, she serves as a highly effective foil to the Redcoats' menacing potential, but also as the reason Jamie is betrayed by his own clansman. Describe the role of Mrs. MacNab in the story. How would the plot have floundered or have turned out differently without her?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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