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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 does Harry accuse Joss of in Chapter 12?

2. About how long does Mary wait for Jem to return?

3. Who arrives to help Mary at the end of Chapter 9?

4. Where does Joss take Mary in Chapter 11?

5. What does Mary tell Joss about the carriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mary go to find Jem in Chapter 9? Where has he gone, and who tells Mary that information?

2. What does Mr. Davey confess to Mary over dinner in Chapter 16?

3. In Chapter 9, how does Jem assure Mary?

4. What do Mary and Jem discuss when he climbs into her room in Chapter 13?

5. Why does Joss drag Mary with him to the coast in Chapter 10?

6. How does Mary feel staying at the Bassat's? What does she dream of doing?

7. How does Mary decide she will travel home in Chapter 9? Who saves her at the end of the Chapter?

8. When Mary arrives back at the inn how does she know Joss is still there? What does Mary find when she goes inside?

9. Why does Mr. Davey insist on running away with Mary?

10. What does Mary discover when she awakens in Chapter 12? What is the first thing she wants to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the element of mystery in the novel "Jamaica Inn." What are some examples of mystery in the novel? Are all of the mysteries answered by the end of the novel? Who are some of the mysterious characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "Jamaica Inn." How does Du Maurier illustrate the death motif throughout the novel? What do the characters think of death? How do the characters, particularly Mary, react to the deaths? Why are these deaths occurring?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss conflict in "Jamaica Inn." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations cause these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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