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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to buy the high-bred pony from Jem?
(a) Mr. Davey.
(b) The mayor.
(c) Mrs. Bassat.
(d) The squire.

2. In Chapter 13, what does Mary convince Joss to let them do in the afternoon?
(a) Visit friends.
(b) Have a picnic.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Clean up the mess in the inn.

3. Whom does Mr. Davey say Jem will discover is the killer?
(a) Squire Besset.
(b) Mr. Davey.
(c) Mrs. Besset.
(d) Harry.

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

5. Why doesn't Mary let Jem into the Inn?
(a) She doesn't trust Jem since he abandoned her.
(b) She knows Patience wouldn't want her to.
(c) She is locked in her room.
(d) She is afraid of Joss.

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

7. When Mary awakes in Chapter 12, how long has she been asleep?
(a) Five hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) One day.
(d) Four days.

8. Who does Mary trip over as she is walking up the road in Chapter 11?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Jem.
(c) Harry.
(d) Joss.

9. When Mary leaves Jamaica in Chapter 9, what does she fail to do?
(a) Have breakfast.
(b) Lock the door.
(c) Tell anyone she is going.
(d) Hide her letters.

10. Who is Mary told Jem left with?
(a) A vicar.
(b) A group of rough looking men.
(c) A man in a carriage.
(d) A young lady.

11. When Mary finds him, where had Joss been stabbed?
(a) In the chest.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the head.
(d) In the side.

12. What does Mrs. Bassat provide for Mary in Chapter 14?
(a) A hot meal.
(b) A letter of reference.
(c) A carriage.
(d) A pound coin.

13. Why had Mr. Davey medicated Mary in Chapter 16?
(a) For an infection.
(b) To sleep.
(c) For a headache.
(d) For a fever.

14. When Mary reaches her destination at the end of Chapter 13, what does she discover?
(a) The vicar is not home.
(b) She has forgotten her evidence against Joss.
(c) Everyone is at a funeral for the sailors.
(d) Joss is already there waiting for her.

15. What does Mary think when Jem doesn't return with the cart?
(a) That he has been beaten.
(b) That he has abandoned her.
(c) That he is off with his friends.
(d) That he has been kidnapped.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second person Mary suspects of Joss's murder?

2. Where does Mary think she can stay until she saves up some money?

3. What does Mary explain to Jem when he enters her bedroom?

4. When Mary wakes in Chapter 17, what is Mr. Davey doing?

5. Where does Joss take Mary in Chapter 11?

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