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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the vicar escort Mary back to Jamaica Inn?
(a) In a carriage.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On foot.
(d) In his dogcart.

2. Who died a few months before the beginning of the narrative?
(a) Mary's friend.
(b) Mary's aunt.
(c) Mary's father.
(d) Mary's mother.

3. How does Patience feel when Squire Basset visits the inn in Chapter 6?
(a) Offended.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Angry.
(d) Relieved.

4. What awakens Mary in Chapter 4?
(a) Joss shouting.
(b) The smell of baking bread.
(c) Wagons in the yard.
(d) Dogs barking.

5. Mary observes that the main purpose of the inn is not _____.
(a) To be Joss's personal residence.
(b) To run Joss's business from.
(c) For the convenience of travelers.
(d) To hold village meetings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What night of the week does Joss have his friends to the inn?

2. What does Mary tell the vicar in Chapter 7?

3. What does Mary begin to wonder about Jem's visit in Chapter 6?

4. What does Jem plan to do on Christmas Eve?

5. What would Joss sometimes do to the sailors who managed to swim to shore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary take many walks on the moors in Chapter 8?

2. Who comes to the inn in Chapter 6 and why?

3. How did Mary and her mother survive after the death of her father?

4. What does Mary's aunt tell her when her aunt replies to Mary's letter?

5. In Chapter 7, how does Francis react when Mary tells him about Jamaica Inn and Joss?

6. What does Mary do while Joss is away for a week in Chapter 4?

7. How does Mary feel on her journey to Jamaica Inn?

8. What background information does the reader learn about Mary?

9. What does Mary observe in the middle of the night in Chapter 4?

10. What does Mary consider doing at the end of Chapter 5?

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