How do Angus McCaskill and Rob Barclay come to know each other? How do they make the decision to go to America? What are their plans once they arrive?

Compare the characters of Anna and Adair. How are the two similar? How are they different? Why are these similarities and differences important?

How do Angus and Lucas find Lucas? What is the shock Angus and Rob receive when they first find Lucas? What are Rob's first words to Lucas and what is the significance? What is the role Lucas pays in the lives of the two?

What does Lucas predict about Angus and Lucas and their future wives? How does this prove true?

Why does Adair come to America? What is the outcome of her decision to come to America?

Who is Ninian Duff? Davie Erskine? Judith Findlater? Isaac Reese? Lisbeth Reese? Donald Erskine...