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Questions Added!!!
PART 1 -- VOYAGER
by Diana Gabaldon
"Battle, and the Loves of Men"
Chapters 1-3
pp 3-38 HC
Q1: WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN JAMIE AWOKE AND FOUND JACK
RANDALL'S BODY LYING ACROSS HIM?
Q2: TALK ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS WHEN JAMIE WANTED TO DIE.
Q3: HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN MELTON DECIDED TO SEND JAMIE
Q4: WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF ROGER AND BRIANNA AT
THIS POINT?
Q5: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF CLAIRE'S REACTION TO THE NEWS
THAT JAMIE SURVIVED CULLODEN?
Q6: WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF
THE SCENE WHERE CLAIRE TELLS FRANK
Q7: TALK ABOUT CLAIRE IN THE ROLE OF FRANK'S WIFE AND BEING
A NEW MOTHER...
Q8: "LEAP O' THE CASK" IS A REAL LEGEND. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF
DIANA INCLUDING REAL HISTORY
Part 2--Voyager
"Lallybroch"
Chapter 4-6
pp 41-74 HC
Q1: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JAMIE LIVING IN THE CAVE?
Q2: WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO JAMIE KILLING THE DEER?
Q3: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT FERGUS IS AT LALLYBROCH?
Q4: JENNY APPEARS AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS
OF HER?
Q5: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF JENNY TRYING
TO CONVINCE JAMIE TO MARRY?
Q6: GIVE US YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SOLDIERS IN JENNY'S ROOM
RIGHT AFTER THE BABY'S BIRTH
Q7: HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT FERGUS' ACCIDENT?
Q8: WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF JAMIE'S INTENTION OF BEING
CAPTURED?
Q9: SHARE YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE SCENE BETWEEN JAMIE AND
MARY MCNAB
Q10: (AHEM) AT THIS POINT, HAVE YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF
JAMIE CHANGED?
Part 3--Voyager
"When I Am Thy Captive"
Chapters 7-13
pp. 77-156 HC
Q1: WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO LINKLATER'S LETTER ABOUT
JAMIE?
Q2: DO YOU WISH YOU COULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THE TIME OF
CLAIRE'S FLASHBACK AND IF SO, WHAT?
Q3: HOW HAS JAMIE CHANGED FROM THE TIME OF CULLODEN TO
HIS EXPERIENCE AT ARDSMUIR?
Q4: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF MAJOR GREY?
Q5: HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT JAMIE'S HANDLING OF THE
SITUATION WITH THE DYING MAN?
Q6: HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT SAME SITUATION AFTER
HEARING JAMIE'S SIDE?
Q7: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT GREY BEGAN DINING WITH JAMIE
ON A WEEKLY BASIS?
Q8: IN WHAT WAYS ARE CLAIRE STILL WITH JAMIE WHILE HE IS IN
ARDSMUIR?
Q9: WHY WOULD JAMIE HAVE TAKEN OUT THE TARTAN FOR
GREY TO SEE (KNOWING THE PENALTY)?
Q10: HOW DID YOU REACT TO THE
FLOGGING SCENE?
Q11: HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN ROGER
ANNOUNCED TO BRIANNA THAT THEY HAD LOCATED JAMIE?
Part 4--Voyager
"The Lake District"
Chapters 14-17
pp. 159-204 HC
Q1: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE CLOSING OF ARDSMUIR PRISON?
Q2: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF
HELWATER?
Q3: DISCUSS LADY GENEVA'S BLACKMAIL SCHEME...
Q4: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF HER NIGHT WITH JAMIE?
Q5: HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN JAMIE WAS READING A BOOK
SO SIMILAR TO CLAIRE'S "ROMANCE" NOVEL?
Q6: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF WILLIE'S BIRTH
AND GENEVA'S DEATH?
Q7: WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN JAMIE KILLED ELLESMERE?
Q8: DID YOU WANT JAMIE TO GO BACK TO SCOTLAND WHEN
LADY DUNSANY OFFERED HIM THE CHANCE?
Q9: HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN JAMIE AND JOHN GREY
RE-ESTABLISHED THEIR RELATIONSHIP?
Q10: AND WHAT DID YOU THINK OF YOUNG WILLIE'S CHARACTER?
Q11: WHY DO YOU THINK NO ONE NOTICED THE RESEMBLANCE
BETWEEN JAMIE AND WILLIE?
Q12: DISCUSS WILLIE'S BAPTISM....
Q13: HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT CLAIRE, ROGER AND BREE'S TRIP
OUT ON LOCH NESS?
Part 5--Voyager
"You Can't Go Home Again"
Chapters 18-23
pp. 207-245 HC
Q1: AFTER FRANK DIED, IF THERE WERE NO JAMIE TO GO BACK TO, DO YOU THINK
CLAIRE AND JOE ABERNATHY MAY HAVE BECOME MORE THAN JUST FRIENDS? WHY OR WHY NOT?
Q2: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF CLAIRE'S LAST MEMORY OF FRANK? DID IT CHANGE YOUR OPINION OF HIM?
Q3: HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN FRANK SUDDENLY ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING BACK TO ENGLAND, AND WAS TAKING HIS DAUGHTER
WITH HIM?
Q4: WHAT ARE YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF JOE ABERNATHY? DO YOU THINK CLAIRE TOLD HIM "THE TRUTH"?
Q5: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE COVERLESS ROMANCE NOVELS CLAIRE READ IN THE DOCTOR'S LOUNGE? WHAT DO YOU THINK
DIANA'S REASONS WERE FOR ADDING THE SCENE FROM THE TEMPESTUOUS PIRATE?
Q6: Q.E.D. STANDS FOR "QUOD ERAT DEMONSTRANDUM", LATIN FOR "WHICH WAS TO
BE DEMONSTRATED". WHY DO YOU THINK JAMIE CHOSE THIS SIGNATURE FOR HIS SEDITIOUS
WRITINGS?
Q7: WHAT WERE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SKELETON, WHEN IT
WAS BROUGHT INTO JOE ABERNATHY'S OFFICE?
Q8: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ROGER'S SENTIMENTS AND AFFECTIONS TOWARDS CLAIRE? FOR
BRIANNA?
Q9: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ROGER AND BREE'S CONVERSATION ON ALL HALLOW'S EVE? DO YOU THINK THEIR DINNER THAT
EVENING WAS TENSE, OR APPROACHING RESOLUTION OF THE WHOLE IDEA OF CLAIRE'S GOING BACK IN TIME?
Q10: WHAT DID YOU THINK OF ROGER, AS COMPARED TO WHEN WE FIRST MET HIM
WAAAAAAAYYYY BACK IN DRAGONFLY IN AMBER?
Q11: WHEN YOU GOT TO THE POINT WHERE CLAIRE 'WENT BACK', DID YOU STOP READING OR DID YOU GO ON?
Part 6--Voyager
"Edinburgh"
Chapters 24-31
pp. 249-389 HC
Q1: HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU REALIZED THAT CLAIRE HAD MADE IT BACK TO THE PAST?
Q2: WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING CLAIRE MEET THE 29 YEAR OLD
WOMEN WITH THE THREE CHILDREN IN THE SHOP IN EDINBURGH?
Q3: WHAT WERE YOU FEELING AS CLAIRE APPROACHED JAMIE'S PRINT SHOP?
Q4: DISCUSS THE REUNION SCENE...
Q5: PHYSICALLY, JAMIE AND BRIANNA ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE. DISCUSS JAMIE'S REACTION TO SEEING THE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF BRIANNA.
Q6: HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN JAMIE CRIED IN CLAIRE'S ARMS?
Q7: WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF MR. WILLOUGHBY?
Q8: WERE YOU AFRAID TO FIND OUT WHO JAMIE IS NOW?
Q9: DISCUSS THE SCENES IN THE BROTHEL...
Q10: DO YOU THINK BRIANNA "CAME ALIVE" FOR JAMIE WHEN CLAIRE "DREW" HER FOR HIM?
Part 7--Voyager
"Home Again"
Chapters 32-39
pp. 395-496 HC
Q1: WHO HAD BEEN IN THE CAVE THAT JAMIE DISCOVERED? IS IT "JAMIE'S
CAVE"?
Q2: HOW DID CLAIRE'S FIRST SIGHT OF LALLYBROCH MAKE YOU FEEL?
Q3: WHEN CLAIRE SEES JENNY FOR THE FIRST TIME, DO YOU THINK JENNY WAS
TRULY GLAD TO SEE HER?
Q4: WHEN IAN AND JENNY WERE DEALING WITH YOUNG IAN'S HOMECOMING, DO
YOU THINK THEY WERE ACCURATELY PORTRAYED AS UPSET PARENTS?
Q5: HOW DID JAME HAVING TO THRASH YOUNG IAN AFFECT YOU?
Q6: WHERE DID THE JEWELS COME FROM?
Q7: WHO DO YOU THINK IS HUNTING JAMIE?
Q8: WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN THE TEENAGE GIRL SHOWED UP AT THE BEDROOM
DOOR?
Q9: CLAIRE'S REACTION WAS HURT AND ANGER. DID THE "LOVEMAKING" SCENE
MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
Q10: JENNY SEEMED AWFULLY HELPFUL WHEN CLAIRE WANTED TO LEAVE, WHY?
Q11: WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN CLAIRE MADE THE DECISION TO GO BACK?
Q12: WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT CLAIRE HAD BROUGHT PENICILLIN?
Q13: IF IN THE SAME SITUATION AS CLAIRE, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE BROUGHT
ALONG AS A NECESSITY?
Part 8--Voyager
"On The Water"
Chapters 40-52
pp. 499-676 HC
1. Other than finding Ian, what is probably Jamie's greatest concern about
sailing for the West
Indies?
2. How do Mayer's (the coinseller) words and actions contrast with his
appearance?
3. What are Claire's two main reasons for visiting the Hopital des Anges?
4. What complications can Fergus' choice of a bride cause for Jamie that
another girl would not?
5. What evidence points to the fact that Murphy is probably a gourmet
cook?
6. Why does Jamie suffer seasickness for so long before allowing
accupuncture?
7. Do you agree with Claire's thoughts about her own age as she writes her
letter to Bree?
8. What is it about Mr. Willoghby that disgusts the crew?
9. What is Murphy's past and present relationship with sharks?
10. After finally gaining some respect from the crew, how does Mr. Willoghby
lose it again?
11. What are some signs that Marsali is softening her opinion of Claire?
12. Do you think Captain Leonard was justified in taking Claire away on the
Porpoise?
13. What is the most important "cargo" on the Porpoise?
14. Do you think Father Fogden is insane, or just drunken and eccentric?
15. What are some of the signs of Mamacita's personality?
16. How does the murder of Arabella figure in Claire's reunion with the crew of
the Artemis?
17. Do you suspect Father Fogden of having more than a tender shepherd's
relationship with
sheep?
18. What is the effect on Fergus when he hears his full name for the first
time?
Thanks
to Frances aka Scotland@... for her help in developing New Study Questions for
Voyager... August,2005
Part 9--Voyager
"World's Unknown"
Chapters 53-63
pp. 679-870 HC
Chapter 53 "Bat Guano"
1. Can you name two reasons why Fergus is an equal partner with Jamie on the
sale of the cargo?
2. What do you think is the prevailing emotion of the slaves being sold?
3. What was the result of Claire's attack on the auctioneer?
Chapter 54 "The Impetuous Pirate"
4. What saved Claire from the pirate in the rigging?
5. Why was it better for Mr. Willoughby, rather than Jamie, to stitch
Claire's arm?
6. In reminiscing about Culloden and Murtagh, how do you think Jamie feels?
Claire? How do you
feel?
Chapter 55 "Ishmael"
7. How can Jamie and Claire tell that the black captive is African and not
slave-born?
8. How do you suppose the pirates got the other eleven boys with Ian?
9. Do you, at this point, think that Ishmael could be an ancestor
of Joe Abernathy?
10. Could it be just coincidence that Lenny Abernathy chose "Ishmael"
as one of his African names?
11. Consider how the name "Abernathy" could have been carried by a
descendant of Ishmael to slavery in the American colonies, the only logical way
to have produced Joe Abernathy.
Chapter 56 "Turtle Soup"
12. What effect did Graham Menzies' death have on Claire's career? On finding
Jamie?
13. How do you think the sailors feel about eating and sleeping with the
African?
14. How do you think Murphy has kept food, such as the butter in the turtle
soup, from spoiling?
15. Jamie could not still be wearing the accupuncture needles after all he
has been through, so why do you suppose he is not seasick?
Chapter 57 "Promised Land"
16. Why do you think Ishmael wants the one-armed slave?
17. How do you think the very-Scottish MacIvers feel about being so far from
Scotland, possibly to never see it again?
18. What do you think Jamie's motive is for wanting to attend the Governor's
reception?
Chapter 58 "Masque of the Red Death"
19. Can you name at least two reasons for Lord John's shock at meeting Jamie
in the receiving line?
20. Do you think Claire has made the connection between Lord John and the boy
she met in the woods before Prestonpans?
21. Why do you suppose Jamie, a thoroughly masculine man who is clearly
"straight", attracts homosexual attention, first from the Duke of
Sandringham, then Jack Randall, and finally Lord John Grey?
22. Do you think Mr. Willoughby killed Mina Alcott?
Chapter 59 "In Which Much is Revealed"
23. Do you think Lord John has ulterior motives in showing Willie's portrait
to Claire?
24. How must Claire feel, hearing Lord John tell about the day before Jamie
left Helwater?
25. Do you think Claire still harbors jealousy and resentment about Geneva?
Chapter 60 "The Scent of Gemstones"
26. Why do you suppose Geillis did not show surprise when Claire and Jamie
arrived?
27. In what way does Geillis show that she cared nothing for her child?
28. How many husbands has Geillis probably killed?
29. Recall that Ishmael had called Fergus a griffone, taken as
an insult by Fergus. Geillis defines griffone as a man with one-quarter
black blood. Why would Ishmael call Fergus a griffone?
30. If Prince Charles had received the gemstones as intended, might he not
have had at least one set in a ring for himself, vain and selfish as he was?
31. What did Claire say that gave away the fact that she was not surprised at
the contents of the cask on which Ishmael floated ashore?
32. Speculate on the future to which Geillis wanted to return, with no home,
no friends or relatives and no slaves to wait on her.
Chapter 61 "The Crocodile's Fire"
33. How did Claire first realize that Mr. Willoughby was nearby?
34. When did Claire realize that Reverend Campbell was the Edinburgh Fiend?
35. What did Yi Tien Cho say that revealed the fact that he had resented
Jamie from the beginning?
36. How did the last of the Lovat line happen to be in the 20th century if
records showed that the line died out in the 1800's?
37. Do you think Margaret Campbell is better off or worse off with the
Maroons?
38. Who is the Maggot?
Chapter 62 "Abandawe"
39. What is most certainly the fate of the other eleven Scottish boys, and
why did Geillis choose Ian for her plan?
40. How did Claire know when she was getting near to Geillis?
41. When Claire killed Geillis, did you think of the skeleton in Joe
Abernathy's office and make a connection?
42. Why did Ian need an injection of penicillan?
43. Why does Jamie think that Yi Tien Cho will be all right?
Chapter 63 "Out of the Depths"
44. How must Claire have felt when she saw Thomas Leonard's body in the
wave?
45. What caused Claire to suddenly realize the connection between Geillis and
the skeleton in Joe Abernathy's office?
46. Where did Jamie think they had landed?
Sources--
OUTLANDER BOOK GROUP@ Book Central-AOL
Jan-July 1998, 4 and 9:00 pm topic chats
Chat Leaders: Tabbak
scotland@rev.net --August,2005
