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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. What does Mr. Davey say will stop Joss from causing ships to wreck?
(a) The threat of divine judgement.
(b) Coastal guards.
(c) Finding employment.
(d) Nothing.

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

3. Where does Mary decide to go after leaving the vicar's house?
(a) Launceston.
(b) Kilmar.
(c) Trewartha Marsh.
(d) North Hill.

4. 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.

5. Where does Mary meet with Mrs. Bassat?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the gazebo.
(c) In the drawing room.
(d) In the study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do when she goes downstairs in Chapter 13?

2. Who does Mary intend to tell about Joss's latest activities?

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

4. Where does Mary find herself when she awakes in Chapter 11?

5. Why does Harry come to the inn in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What accusation does Harry make against Joss in Chapter 12? What does Joss decide to do following Harry's interruption?

2. What does Mary discover when she awakens in Chapter 12? What is the first thing she wants to do?

3. Why do Joss's men fight after destroying the carriage?

4. Why does Joss drag Mary with him to the coast in Chapter 10?

5. After leaving the vicar's house, what does Mary resolve to do?

6. Why does Mary snoop around the vicarage in Chapter 16? What does she find?

7. After the squire looks around the inn, what does he tell Mary?

8. Why does Mary convince Joss to let her and Patience take a nap in Chapter 13?

9. When Mary goes to North Hill, what does Mrs. Basset tell her?

10. What does Mr. Davey confess to Mary over dinner in Chapter 16?

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