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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 is the carriage ride like for Mary after Mr. Davey leaves?

2. What does Mary beg Jem to do in Chapter 13?

3. What does Mary find at the vicarage which disturbs her?

4. Where does Mary see Jem in Chapter 18?

5. Where does Mary think she can stay until she saves up some money?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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?

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