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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. Who remains in the room with Jamie and Claire when Jenny and Ian go to bed in Part 5, Chapter 30?

2. What does Jenny do for Jamie at the beginning of Part 5, Chapter 31?

3. What does Claire drink when she wakes up in Part 7, Chapter 40?

4. In Part 6, Chapter 34, where do Claire and Murtagh think Jamie is going?

5. When Claire wakes up in Part 7, Chapter 40, Father Anselm tells her that she has been asleep for how long?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Jamie told his father that corporal punishment was "barbarous"?

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

3. According to the man whom Jenny questions, how did Jamie escape the Watch?

4. How does Claire break the lock on Jamie's chains?

5. As the reader finds out in Part 7, Chapter 37, why has Jamie been so loath to go to France, much less to America?

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

7. What is the gift that Claire has for Jamie at the end of the novel?

8. What is Geillis Duncan's message for Claire?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Frank Randall and Captain Jonathan Randall. How does Claire initially respond to Captain Randall, given that he looks so much like Frank? Does Captain Randall's treachery eventually affect Claire's memory of Frank? Support your opinions with details from the story.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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