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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. Who arrives at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) The vicar's housekeeper.
(b) Jem.
(c) Mrs. Bessat.
(d) Mr. Davey.

2. Who arrives to help Mary at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Jem.
(b) Patience.
(c) Joss.
(d) Mr. Davey.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Joss's men start to fight?

2. How does Mary react when she sees a ship in Chapter 11?

3. What does Mary tell Joss about the carriage?

4. Where does Mary wait while Jem goes to retrieve the cart?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Mary arrives back at the inn how does she know Joss is still there? What does Mary find when she goes inside?

5. What does Mary discover when she wakes in the carriage in Chapter 11? What does she do?

6. What does Mr. Davey tell Mary when she confides Joss's confession to him?

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

8. What does Mary tell Joss when he questions her about her trip to Launceston?

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

10. What happens after Jem leaves Mary to retrieve his cart in Chapter 9?

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