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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. Who arrives shortly after Mary finds Joss dead?

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

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

4. How does Mary react when she sees a ship in Chapter 11?

5. What do the thieves discover when they return to the carriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. When Mary goes to North Hill, what does Mrs. Basset tell her?

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

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

8. What accusation does Harry make against Joss in Chapter 12? What does Joss decide to do following Harry's interruption?

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

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

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

Discuss Du Maurier's use of foreshadowing. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the novel? Why does Du Maurier use foreshadowing? How do the examples of foreshadowing affect the tone of the novel?

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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