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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 does Mr. Davey instruct Mary to do when he appears in Chapter 16?

2. Why had Mr. Davey medicated Mary in Chapter 16?

3. Who arrives at the end of Chapter 15?

4. How many of his own men does Joss kill?

5. What does Mary think she can do before Joss notices she's gone in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mary go to find Jem in Chapter 9? Where has he gone, and who tells Mary that information?

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

3. In Chapter 9, how does Jem assure Mary?

4. Who finally buys Jem's second pony? Why did he try to prevent the sale to this person?

5. How does Mary feel staying at the Bassat's? What does she dream of doing?

6. How does Mary decide she will travel home in Chapter 9? Who saves her at the end of the Chapter?

7. What does Mary discover when she wakes in the carriage in Chapter 11? What does she do?

8. What does Mr. Davey confess to Mary over dinner in Chapter 16?

9. Why does Mary convince Joss to let her and Patience take a nap in Chapter 13?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the Gothic romance genre of the novel "Jamaica Inn." What are the elements of this genre? Why is "Jamaica Inn" an example of this genre? What are some other novels of the same genre? What do these novels have in common with "Jamaica Inn?"

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Du Maurier's inclusion of violence in the novel "Jamaica Inn." What are some examples of violence in the novel? How do these examples affect the tone of the scene? Are these examples necessary?

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