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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. When Mary wakes in Chapter 17, what is Mr. Davey doing?
(a) Putting a gag in her mouth.
(b) Tying her up.
(c) Loading a pistol.
(d) Crying.

2. How do Joss and his friends kill the carriage driver?
(a) They cause him to have a heart attack.
(b) The strike him on the head.
(c) They shoot him.
(d) They strangle him.

3. Why do Joss's men start to fight?
(a) No one will admit to killing one of them.
(b) They each want to go hide out in different places.
(c) There is not enough room on the cart.
(d) They can't agree on how to split up the cargo.

4. Whom does Mr. Davey say Jem has gone to interview?
(a) An apothecary.
(b) A furrier.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A blacksmith.

5. Why does Mary feel the need to quickly return home in Chapter 14?
(a) To stop Joss from murdering again.
(b) To clear her name.
(c) To collect her things.
(d) To see her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the squire tell Mary after he has looked around the inn?

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

3. What does Mary beg Jem to do in Chapter 13?

4. What does Mary think she can do before Joss notices she's gone in Chapter 13?

5. What is clear to Mary about the men she is riding with in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Mary decide she will travel home in Chapter 9? Who saves her at the end of the Chapter?

3. What does Mary witness when she reaches the beach in Chapter 11?

4. What do Mary and Jem discuss when he climbs into her room in Chapter 13?

5. What trouble does Jem encounter as he tries to sell the second pony in Chapter 9?

6. In Chapter 9, how does Jem assure Mary?

7. Why do Joss and his men burn the carriage?

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

9. Where does Mary go to find Jem in Chapter 9? Where has he gone, and who tells Mary that information?

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

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