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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unsettles Mary in Chapter 1?
(a) The driver's smell.
(b) The driver's incessant talking.
(c) The weather.
(d) The foreign landscape.

2. How does Mary find herself alone with Joss in Chapter 8?
(a) Joss kicks Patience out of the house.
(b) Patience falls ill.
(c) Patience goes to bed.
(d) Patience goes to hang laundry.

3. What kind of work did her family do?
(a) Pottery work.
(b) Farm work.
(c) Brick work.
(d) Textile work.

4. What trip does Mary recall in Chapter 8?
(a) A trip to the shore with her parents.
(b) A trip to Ireland.
(c) A trip to France.
(d) A trip to a village festival.

5. According to the driver, what do people in the area no longer do?
(a) Have drinks at Jamaica Inn.
(b) Pray for Jamaica Inn.
(c) Have parties at Jamaica Inn.
(d) Throw eggs at Jamaica Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Jem tell Mary happened at Christmas?

2. What does Jem tease Mary about in Chapter 8?

3. What did Jem steal from Squire Bassat's farm?

4. What lie does Mary tell the squire in Chapter 6?

5. What does Mary think of Joss's guests in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the stranger who comes to the inn in Chapter 5?

2. How does Mary feel on her journey to Jamaica Inn?

3. What does the driver tell Mary about Jamaica Inn?

4. How do Joss and Patience react to the Squire's visit?

5. What do Joss's stories remind Mary of in Chapter 8?

6. How did Mary and her mother survive after the death of her father?

7. Who is the man on horseback in Chapter 6 and 7?

8. What instructions does Joss give Mary in Chapter 2?

9. What strange things does Mary learn are taking place at Jamaica Inn?

10. What does Mary wonder about Joss in Chapter 8?

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