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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 century is the novel set in?

2. What does Mary think of Joss's guests in Chapter 4?

3. What is Mary's aunt's name?

4. What does Mary's mother make her promise before the start of the novel?

5. In Chapter 6, who comes to Jamaica Inn with Squire Basset?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the squire leave the inn in Chapter 6?

3. When Mary's mother is dying, what does her mother make Mary promise? How does Mary feel about this promise?

4. What happens at the end of Chapter 6?

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

6. How did Joss buy Jamaica Inn?

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

8. What strange things does Mary learn are taking place at Jamaica Inn?

9. What does Mary's aunt tell her when her aunt replies to Mary's letter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss conflict in "Jamaica Inn." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations cause these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

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 motif of family in the novel "Jamaica Inn." Who are Mary's family? Is family important to Mary? How does Mary's family affect her decisions and actions?

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