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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 is the name of the vicar's housekeeper?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Lydia.

2. What does Mary tell Joss about the carriage?
(a) She got it from a mysterious stranger.
(b) She hired it.
(c) She got it from Mr. Davey.
(d) She got it from squire Besset.

3. How does Mary feel at the Bassat house in Chapter 18?
(a) Safe.
(b) Unwelcome.
(c) Bored.
(d) Uncomfortable.

4. Why had Mr. Davey medicated Mary in Chapter 16?
(a) To sleep.
(b) For a fever.
(c) For an infection.
(d) For a headache.

5. In Chapter 18, what kind of person does Jem tell Mary he is?
(a) Adventurous.
(b) Nomadic.
(c) Restless.
(d) Lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the weather like as Mary is walking?

3. What does Jem steal from Mary in Chapter 9?

4. What does Jem ask Mary to do in Launceston?

5. What do Jem and Mary attend in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens after Jem leaves Mary to retrieve his cart in Chapter 9?

9. How does Mary disappoint the squire in Chapter 15?

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

(see the answer keys)

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