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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. When Mary reaches her destination at the end of Chapter 13, what does she discover?

2. What does Mary find it hard to do during dinner with Mr. Davey?

3. When Mary leaves Jamaica in Chapter 9, what does she fail to do?

4. What does Mary leave for the vicar?

5. What disappoints the squire in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mary disappoint the squire in Chapter 15?

5. Why do Joss and his men burn the carriage?

6. Why does Mr. Davey insist on running away with Mary?

7. Why does Mary snoop around the vicarage in Chapter 16? What does she find?

8. When Mary goes downstairs in Chapter 12, how is Joss acting?

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

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 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 2

Analyze Du Maurier's use of irony in the novel "Jamaica Inn." What is irony? What are the three types of irony? What are some examples of irony in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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