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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. Whom does Mr. Davey say Jem has gone to interview?

2. When does Mr. Davey get out of the carriage?

3. What does Mary leave for the vicar?

4. When Mary finds him, where had Joss been stabbed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jem tell Mary when they meet on the moors in Chapter 18? What does Mary decide?

2. What trouble does Jem encounter as he tries to sell the second pony in Chapter 9?

3. What accusation does Harry make against Joss in Chapter 12? What does Joss decide to do following Harry's interruption?

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

5. Why is Mr. Davey gagging Mary when she awakes in Chapter 17?

6. What does Mary witness when she reaches the beach in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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

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

Discuss the motif of suspicion in the novel "Jamaica Inn." Who is suspicious of whom and why? Do these characters act on their suspicions? Are their suspicions based on truth? How do these examples of suspicion affect the tone of the novel?

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