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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 time of year is it at the end of the novel?
2. At the beginning of Part 7, Chapter 36, Claire notes that her rescuer is wearing what?
3. In Part 5, Chapter 33, who announces that the English have captured Jamie?
4. According to Ian, what direction did the Watch take Jamie in Part 5, Chapter 33?
5. What does Claire do when she visits the tenants' cottages?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jamie do with the knife he requests in Part 7, Chapter 36?
2. As the reader finds out in Part 7, Chapter 37, why has Jamie been so loath to go to France, much less to America?
3. Describe Jamie's home.
4. 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?
5. What does the Franciscan priest teach Claire to do during the night when she is not sleeping?
6. 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?
7. How did the young Alex MacGregor die?
8. Describe the Redcoat Claire chases in Part 7, Chapter 37.
9. When Claire meets the Franciscan priest in Part 7, Chapter 38, where is the priest going?
10. In Part 7, Chapter 40, when Jamie continues his story of what happened between Captain Randall and him, what does he say Randall wanted?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting in a few different scenes in the novel. How does the setting work with the characters to move the plot forward? How does the setting inhibit the characters' action?
Essay Topic 2
Remember the minor incident of Frank's seeing the ghost in Chapter 1. Does the scene make sense in light of the rest of the novel, or did the author simply introduce an event and then abandon it? Interpret the scene using your best literary-critical know-how.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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