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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 is Mary's aunt's name?

2. What family has a bad reputation in the area where Jamaica Inn is located?

3. What does Mary have to be careful not to do while out walking?

4. Who died when Mary was six years old?

5. What does Jem invite Mary to do for him in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the man on horseback in Chapter 6 and 7?

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

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

7. In Chapter 7, how does Francis react when Mary tells him about Jamaica Inn and Joss?

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

9. Who is the stranger who comes to the inn in Chapter 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the antagonist of the novel "Jamaica Inn." Who is the antagonist of the novel? Why is he the antagonist? What does he do to the main characters? What does the antagonist look like?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of fear in the novel "Jamaica Inn." What are some examples of fear in the novel? What does Mary fear and why? Does she face her fears?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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