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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Joss buy the inn from?

2. What can't Mary help but notice about the vicar in Chapter 7?

3. What is Joss's brother's occupation?

4. What does Mary do after waking up late in Chapter 3?

5. How had Mary remembered her aunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joss buy Jamaica Inn?

2. What does Mary have to do for Joss when he returns in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Mary discover about the rooms at Jamaica Inn?

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

5. What does the driver tell Mary about Jamaica Inn?

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

7. How do Joss and Patience react to the Squire's visit?

8. How does Mary describe the men who come to the bar in Chapter 4?

9. What does Mary wonder about Joss in Chapter 8?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of assumptions in the novel "Jamaica Inn." Who makes assumptions? What assumptions do they make and why? How do these assumptions affect the characters and their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the protagonist of the novel, Mary. What are Mary's defining character traits? Who is she close to in the novel? What happens to Mary throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What happens at the end of the novel "Jamaica Inn" ? Is everything resolved? Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? What happens to the principle characters?

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