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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary find it hard to do during dinner with Mr. Davey?
(a) Eat.
(b) Talk about Jem.
(c) Explain what happened the day before.
(d) Look at him.

2. How does Mary react when she sees a ship in Chapter 11?
(a) She knocks the signal light over.
(b) She curses.
(c) She screams.
(d) She faints.

3. What does Mary beg Jem to do in Chapter 13?
(a) Turn Joss over to the authorities.
(b) Set Joss's horse loose.
(c) Tell Mr. Davey where Joss plans to go.
(d) Let her take care of Joss.

4. Where does Mary find Joss when she returns to the inn in Chapter 14?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the stairwell.
(c) In the passageway.
(d) In the office.

5. Who arrives shortly after Mary finds Joss dead?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Jem.
(c) The squire.
(d) Mr. Davey.

6. What does Mr. Davey tell Mary Jem has found in Chapter 16?
(a) A bottle.
(b) A nail.
(c) A footprint.
(d) A hair.

7. What does Jem steal from Mary in Chapter 9?
(a) Her toffee.
(b) Kisses.
(c) Her hairpin.
(d) A pound coin.

8. Where is Mary instructed to wait while the inn is searched?
(a) In a carriage.
(b) At a tavern.
(c) In the yard.
(d) In the stable.

9. What does Mary find at the vicarage which disturbs her?
(a) A caricature.
(b) A poem.
(c) A letter.
(d) A scrapbook.

10. When does Mr. Davey get out of the carriage?
(a) At the same time Mary gets in.
(b) A few yards from Jamaica Inn.
(c) At the turn for Altarnun.
(d) When the carriage reaches his house.

11. What does Jem ask Mary to do in Launceston?
(a) Steal a pony with him.
(b) Help him get to Joss.
(c) Spend the night with him.
(d) Marry him.

12. Where does Mary wait while Jem goes to retrieve the cart?
(a) Beside an oak tree.
(b) Under the hotel awning.
(c) By the river.
(d) At the saloon.

13. Where does Mary meet Jem in Chapter 9?
(a) On the road.
(b) At the post office.
(c) On the moors.
(d) In Altarnun.

14. What does Mr. Davey instruct Mary to do when he appears in Chapter 16?
(a) Change her clothes.
(b) Tidy up the vicarage.
(c) Ask his dinner guests not to come.
(d) Set dinner on the table.

15. What does Jem notice about Mary's appearance in Chapter 13?
(a) Her injuries.
(b) Her disheveled hair.
(c) Her torn dress.
(d) Her tear stained cheeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Jem get for the high-bred pony?

2. Where does Mary see Jem in Chapter 18?

3. How many of his own men does Joss kill?

4. What does Mrs. Bassat provide for Mary in Chapter 14?

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

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