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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 Mrs. Bassat provide for Mary in Chapter 14?

2. When Mary awakes in Chapter 12, how long has she been asleep?

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

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

5. How does Mary feel at the Bassat house in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After leaving the vicar's house, what does Mary resolve to do?

3. Why does Joss drag Mary with him to the coast in Chapter 10?

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

5. Who does Mary first suspect of the murders? Why could it not be this person?

6. When Mary arrives back at the inn how does she know Joss is still there? What does Mary find when she goes inside?

7. What does Mary tell Joss when he questions her about her trip to Launceston?

8. What do Mary and Jem discuss when he climbs into her room in Chapter 13?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze the imagery that Du Maurier uses in "Jamaica Inn." What are some examples of imagery in the novel? What themes or ideas do these examples represent?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the secondary characters of the novel. Who are they, and what are their defining character traits? How are they related to the main characters? What are their roles in the novel?

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