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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 will discover is the killer?

2. Where does Jem say he is heading in Chapter 18?

3. What is the name of the vicar's housekeeper?

4. Who does Mary first think is responsible for Joss's murder?

5. Why do Joss's men start to fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. After the squire looks around the inn, what does he tell Mary?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What happens at the end of the novel "Jamaica Inn" ? Is everything resolved? Are there any surprises at the end of the novel? What happens to the principle characters?

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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