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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 the housekeeper at Jamie's home?

2. What does Claire kill while she is escaping Wentworth Prison?

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

5. At the end of Part 5, Chapter 30, what word does Jamie use to describe how he feels after having drunk with Ian?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Why did the Watch not kill Ian when they captured Jamie?

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

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

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

9. How did the young Alex MacGregor die?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the main themes of the novel is healing. Choose two or three scenes or symbols of healing from within the novel, and compare and contrast them. Remember that you may choose any scene or symbol, no matter how obscure, if you can defend your belief in its viability for this discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Remember the minor incident of Frank's seeing the ghost in Chapter 1. Does the scene make sense in light of the rest of the novel, or did the author simply introduce an event and then abandon it? Interpret the scene using your best literary-critical know-how.

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