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

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

3. Who helps Claire bring down Jamie's fever?

4. What does MacRannoch send Jamie to give to Claire?

5. In Part 5, Chapter 28, Jamie mentions that which holiday is coming up?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Claire's companion keep Claire from having to talk to the English soldiers and betray her English accent?

3. 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?

4. Why is Jamie glad that Claire is barren?

5. Describe Jamie's home.

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

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

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

9. According to Jenny, why do men make love to women?

10. How did the young Alex MacGregor die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Murtagh and his role as a minor character throughout the novel. What do you know about him? How does he propel the plot forward?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe Claire's relationship with religion throughout the story, making sure to mention her upbringing with Uncle Lamb, the rosary incident in the witch trial, and her experiences with Father Anselm at the end of the novel. How does religion grow and change inside Claire?

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