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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mary lose hope of doing in Chapter 14?
(a) Finding someone willing to help her.
(b) Returning to the inn before Joss realizes she's gone.
(c) Travelling through the villages unnoticed.
(d) Ever seeing Jem again.

3. What is strange about the house when Mary goes downstairs in Chapter 12?
(a) There seems to have been a fire.
(b) The furniture has all been removed.
(c) There is a musty, bloody smell.
(d) The doors and shutters are locked.

4. What does Mr. Davey say Mary will learn to do in Chapter 17?
(a) Devote herself to the church.
(b) Speak French.
(c) Forgive him.
(d) Care for him.

5. Where does Mary dream of going in Chapter 18?
(a) Helland.
(b) Helstone.
(c) Helford.
(d) Hessenford.

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

7. Where does Mary go to look for help after Jem disappears?
(a) The vicarage.
(b) To a house.
(c) To the blacksmith's.
(d) The saloon.

8. What does Joss decide to do at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Hang himself.
(b) Hide in his cellar.
(c) Take a ship out to sea.
(d) Run away.

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

10. What is the carriage ride like for Mary after Mr. Davey leaves?
(a) Stressful.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Uncomfortable.

11. Why does Harry come to the inn in Chapter 12?
(a) He wants to warn Joss about something.
(b) He wants to hide from the lawmen.
(c) He wants to apologize to Mary.
(d) He wants some of the cargo.

12. What does Jem try to convince the person who insists on buying the second pony?
(a) That it is already sold.
(b) That it is sickly.
(c) That it is stolen.
(d) That it is not tame.

13. Why does Mary start snooping around the vicarage in Chapter 16?
(a) To find evidence against the vicar.
(b) To look for her missing papers.
(c) To learn more about the vicar.
(d) To find out where Jem is hiding.

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

15. What does Mary think she can do before Joss notices she's gone in Chapter 13?
(a) Go visit Jem.
(b) Travel to Altarnun and back.
(c) Set the horse free.
(d) Collect some food for the journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to buy the high-bred pony from Jem?

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

3. What does Jem assure Mary about himself in Chapter 9?

4. What does Mary find at the vicarage which disturbs her?

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

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