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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. Which monk tends Jamie's wounds?

2. Where did the English take Jamie?

3. What does Jenny want to name the baby if it is a girl?

4. At the beginning of Part 7, Chapter 36, Claire notes that her rescuer is wearing what?

5. What does Jamie wear under his kilt when he is planning to get in the water and fix the water wheel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Claire and her group get Jamie out of prison?

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

3. Where does Jamie want to go when he mentions his plans to leave Lallybroch on an errand in Part 5, Chapter 28, and why?

4. How does Claire react when she feels the baby moving in Jenny's belly?

5. As Jenny tells the others, what did she do when she realized that Captain Randall was unable to rape her?

6. In Part 5, Chapter 27, what is the reason Jamie gives Claire for having married her?

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

8. What does Claire want Father Anselm to do for her, and how does he react?

9. When Claire meets the Franciscan priest in Part 7, Chapter 38, where is the priest going?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Villainy is a strong theme in this novel. Compare Captain Randall with Dougal and with Wentworth Prison. How are the three similar? How is Captain Randall the villain par excellence? Is there any moment in which the reader can feel compassion for Captain Randall, or is he unmitigatedly evil? Can the reader feel compassion or sympathy for Dougal or for Wentworth Prison in some way?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Father Anselm to some of the other monks. Why does he suggest that Claire choose a different priest for her confessor? Why does Claire choose him nonetheless?

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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