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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joss warn Mary to do before she goes to bed in Chapter 4?
(a) To brush her teeth.
(b) To keep away from horse thieves.
(c) To stick by her aunt's side.
(d) To keep her mouth shut.

2. Who does Joss meet with after Harry leaves in Chapter 4?
(a) A man disguised as a vicar.
(b) A man who is drunk.
(c) A man who has been hiding in the empty rooms.
(d) A man with a very deep voice.

3. What unsettles Mary in Chapter 1?
(a) The weather.
(b) The driver's smell.
(c) The driver's incessant talking.
(d) The foreign landscape.

4. How are the people at the bar described in Chapter 4?
(a) Respectable ladies and gentlemen.
(b) Poor farmers.
(c) Outcasts of respectable society.
(d) The dregs of society.

5. Who did Joss buy the inn from?
(a) Squire Bassat.
(b) Lord Cornwall.
(c) A man with a drinking problemm.
(d) His father.

6. What can't Mary help but notice about the vicar in Chapter 7?
(a) His crippled hand.
(b) That he seems to distrust people.
(c) A duality in his personality.
(d) That she caught him glaring at her.

7. What is Mary told to help Patience with in Chapter 2?
(a) Reading.
(b) Housework.
(c) Keeping up with her correspondence.
(d) Her charity work.

8. What does Mary do while working in the bar in Chapter 4?
(a) Sits in the back room.
(b) Makes drinks.
(c) Chats with the female patrons.
(d) Sings for the customers.

9. Why is Mary afraid she will have to sneak into Jamaica Inn in Chapter 7?
(a) She promised she would stay in her room.
(b) It is very late.
(c) Joss's friends are loitering around.
(d) She can't be seen in Patience's dress.

10. What does Joss talk to Mary about in Chapter 8?
(a) His criminal experiences.
(b) Finding her a husband.
(c) His parents.
(d) Running away to the north.

11. Where is Mary traveling to in Chapter 1?
(a) Her hometown.
(b) Launceston.
(c) Bodmin.
(d) London.

12. Why does Mary allow Squire Basset to enter the house in Chapter 6?
(a) It is raining outside.
(b) Joss is not home.
(c) She wants him to walk into her trap.
(d) She trusts Squire Basset.

13. According to the driver, what do people in the area no longer do?
(a) Pray for Jamaica Inn.
(b) Have drinks at Jamaica Inn.
(c) Have parties at Jamaica Inn.
(d) Throw eggs at Jamaica Inn.

14. What country does Mary live in?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) America.

15. How does Mary describe her aunt presently?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Skittish.
(c) Enthusiastic.
(d) Joyful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who died a few months before the beginning of the narrative?

2. What incriminating evidence does Squire Basset find at the inn in Chapter 6?

3. What keeps Mary indoors in Chapter 5?

4. Who approaches Mary at the end of Chapter 6?

5. According to Mary, how does Patience behave around her husband?

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