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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 disappoints the squire in Chapter 15?
(a) That no one witnessed the murders.
(b) Hearing Mary lied to him.
(c) Hearing Joss had been causing shipwrecks.
(d) Hearing Jem is a murderer.

2. What does Mary tell Joss about the carriage?
(a) She hired it.
(b) She got it from squire Besset.
(c) She got it from Mr. Davey.
(d) She got it from a mysterious stranger.

3. What does Mary find it hard to do during dinner with Mr. Davey?
(a) Eat.
(b) Talk about Jem.
(c) Explain what happened the day before.
(d) Look at him.

4. When Mary reaches her destination at the end of Chapter 13, what does she discover?
(a) She has forgotten her evidence against Joss.
(b) The vicar is not home.
(c) Everyone is at a funeral for the sailors.
(d) Joss is already there waiting for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jem ask Mary to do in Launceston?

2. What state is Joss in when Mary goes downstairs in Chapter 12?

3. When Mary leaves Jamaica in Chapter 9, what does she fail to do?

4. How far is it for Mary to walk back to Jamaica Inn?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Mary goes downstairs in Chapter 12, how is Joss acting?

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

8. Why is Mr. Davey gagging Mary when she awakes in Chapter 17?

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

10. How does Mary disappoint the squire in Chapter 15?

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