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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 the housekeeper of Lallybroch fix for Murtagh to eat?

2. As Ian relates to Jamie, on what holiday did Jenny and he get married?

3. According to Jamie's story to Claire, what did Randall give him to drink when he returned after having freed Claire from Wentworth Prison?

4. Whom does the messenger take Claire to see in Part 6, Chapter 34?

5. Where is the abbey at which Claire, Murtagh, and Jamie arrive in Part 7, Chapter 38?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the Redcoat Claire chases in Part 7, Chapter 37.

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

5. How did the young Alex MacGregor die?

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

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

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

10. What does Jamie do with the knife he requests in Part 7, Chapter 36?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jenny's pregnancy provides the opportunity for an extended use of metaphor in Chapter 30. Describe the author's use of metaphor and its strategical importance in describing an abstract concept. Do you think Jenny could have described pregnancy to her male listeners without using metaphor? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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