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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 is the name of MacRannoch's wife?

2. What is the name of the man who owns the estate to which Claire is taken in Part 7, Chapter 36?

3. What does Claire do to the Redcoat she chases in Part 7, Chapter 37?

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

5. As Jamie relates in Part 7, Chapter 39, when Captain Randall was beginning to torture him, what did Randall do first with the knife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the young Alex MacGregor die?

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

3. Why is Jamie glad that Claire is barren?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Why does Jamie feel so dirty and unable to touch Claire?

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

10. Why does Jenny tell Claire what to name the baby before the baby is born?

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

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

What happens in the scene in which Claire pretends to be Captain Randall in order to exorcise the terror from Jamie? Is she successful? How much does she endanger herself in those moments? Do you think the scene makes sense within the rest of the novel and within Claire's character?

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