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1. Why have Jamie and Claire come to witness a hanging?

Jamie and Claire come to witness a hanging because their friend, Gavin Hayes, is to be hanged.

2. How does Jamie disrupt the hanging as his friend his about to face the gallows?

Jamie disrupts the hanging just moments before his friend is to face the gallows by crying out in Gaelic, their native language, in an attempt to help his friend find courage in his final moments of life.

3. Jamie and Claire run into Ian and Duncan Innes as they attempt to buy passage on a ship to Scotland. How is Ian related to Jamie?

Jamie is related to Ian through his sister, Jenny, who is Ian's mother.

4. Who is the ghost in the cemetery that disturbs Jamie, Claire, and their friends as they prepare to bury Gavin?

The ghost in the cemetery who disturbs Jamie and his friends as they prepare to bury Gavin is the criminal who escaped hanging thanks to Jamie's outburst during the executions.

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