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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. What event does Jem tell Mary happened at Christmas?

2. How does Patience feel when Squire Basset visits the inn in Chapter 6?

3. What century is the novel set in?

4. What does Mary try to convince herself in Chapter 5?

5. Who did Joss buy the inn from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary feel on her journey to Jamaica Inn?

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

3. What does Mary consider doing at the end of Chapter 5?

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

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

6. What background information does the reader learn about Mary?

7. What does Mary observe in the middle of the night in Chapter 4?

8. How did Joss buy Jamaica Inn?

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

10. Describe the relationship between Patience and Joss.

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

Discuss the author of the novel "Jamaica Inn,"Dahne du Maurier. What others works did she write? What similarities or connections can be found between this novel and Du Maurier's other work? How is she regarded in the literary world?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the element of mystery in the novel "Jamaica Inn." What are some examples of mystery in the novel? Are all of the mysteries answered by the end of the novel? Who are some of the mysterious characters?

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