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While reading a Why doesn’t Mary tell Mr Bassat the truth Chapters 1–5 when he asks her if she has seen Jem Merlyn? 1 Are these statements about the information ….. contained in Chapters 3–4 true (T) or not 1) Because she is afraid of her uncle. true (NT)? If they are not true, correct them. 2) Because she is afraid of Jem Merlyn. a Jamaica Inn is surrounded by beautiful 3) Because she is attracted to Jem Merlyn. trees and colourful moors. c b Why does Mary follow her uncle across the b Mary doesn’t dare ask her aunt about the moor? ….. locked room. c 1) Because she wants to kill him. c Aunt Patience has witnessed some terrible 2) Because she wants to discover his plan. things at Jamaica Inn. c 3) Because her aunt asked her to follow him. d Mary has to work in the bar of the Inn c How does Mary feel in the vicar’s house? ….. on Saturday nights. c 1) She feels anxious. e In the middle of the night Mary sees men 2) She feels peaceful. in the yard unloading wagons. c 3) She feels angry. f Mary hears her uncle threaten to shoot d Why does Mary tell the vicar her story? ….. one of the men in his gang. c 1) Because he threatens her with violence. g When the pedlar leaves, Mary manages 2) Because he offers to help her to leave to see her uncle’s new companion. c Jamaica Inn. 2 Who is speaking and to whom? Explain the 3) Because she is sure that she can trust him. situation in your notebooks. e What happens to A unt Patience when her a ‘I want you to look at me and answer me this, husband is drunk? ….. and then I won’t worry you again.’ 1) She becomes much calmer. ……………………. to ……………………. 2) She becomes very angry. b ‘There will be work for you in the bar, with 3) She gets drunk herself. your uncle. Don’t you know what day of the f How will Mary prove she is not afraid of Jem week it is?’ Merlyn? ….. ……………………. to ……………………. 1) She will tell Mr Bassat about him. c ‘I can’t stand this. You’ll have to serve your 2) She will help him sell a stolen horse. friends yourself.’ 3) She will help him steal Mr Bassat’s horse. ……………………. to ……………………. Chapters 9–10 d ‘I tell you for the last time, I’ll have no part in 4 Put the following events in the order in which it.’ they happen in the book. Write the numbers. ……………………. to ……………………. a c Joss Merlyn and his men kill the driver of e ‘You’re in this business as far as you can be.’ Mary’s carriage. ……………………. to ……………………. b c Jem kisses Mary. f ‘Take his horse and go. I’ll settle this business c c Morning comes and the wreckers fight by myself.’ each other to get away from the coast. ……………………. to ……………………. d c Jem tells Mary that he has never killed g ‘You haven’t any right to walk in here and anybody. serve yourself.’ e c Mary sees the ship being wrecked and ……………………. to ……………………. hears the cries of the people on the ship. h ‘Has he sent her away to make room for you?’ f c Mary tells the Vicar of Altarnun that her ……………………. to ……………………. uncle is a wrecker. Chapters 6–8 g c Mrs Bassat buys her own horse back from 3 Choose the best answer to each of the Jem. questions. When you have finished, compare h c Jem disappears and leaves Mary alone in your answers with those of another student. Launceston.
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Chapters 11–12 (e) ………… . The next evening the Vicar and 5 Complete the following sentences by filling Mary have (f ) ………… together. He tells her in the blanks with one of the words from the that it was Mr Bassat who took Jem away on box. (g) ………… . Mr Bassat told Jem that he could go (h) ………… if he gave proof that Joss die rightly dying back watch except Merlyn (i) ………… ships. Jem (j) ………… . a ‘I shall see nothing else until my ……… day.’ He (k) ………… from North Hill, but b ‘It lies now, if I remember ………, beneath a (l) ………… the next day, and (m) ………… 10-foot bank of sand.’ against his brother. The Vicar tells Mary that c ‘There’s none of them left to claim it ……… Jem found a new (n) ………… near Jamaica you and me.’ Inn. Francis Davey knows that this will d ‘It’s the other things I have to ……… for.’ (o) ………… him as the (p) ………… of Joss e ‘He shall ……… for this.’ and Patience. The Vicar takes Mary deep onto f ‘He is not expected ……… in Altarnun the (q) ………… . A bank of cloud comes down tonight.’ so that they cannot (r) ………… and they have Chapters 13–14 to stop and sleep. In the morning they hear 6 Complete the following sentences. (s) ………… . They climb R oughtor, and a Mary leaves the Vicar of Altarnun’s house Francis Davey is (t) ………… by Jem. because Chapter 17 ……………………………………………… 8 Put the words in these sentences in the right b Mary goes to North Hill where order. ……………………………………………… a evil feels Mary has moors . gone the that of c Jamaica Inn is silent when Mary returns sense the from ………………………………. because b return find to Mary Helford wants to peace . ……………………………………………… to …………………………………………… d When Mary finds her uncle he c his meets driving Mary cart Jem his all with ……………………………………………… things . ……………………………………… e Mr Bassat and his men find d north turns back Mary on with and travels ……………………………………………… Jem . Helford her …………………………… f The Vicar of Altarnun comes to Jamaica Inn After reading because 9 Work with another student. Talk about your ……………………………………………… opinions on how the story ends by asking and Chapters 15–16 answering the following questions about the 7 Complete the gaps in this summary with the characters in the box. words from the box. Jem Merlyn Joss Merlyn housekeeper powder free refuses the Vicar of Altarnun Mary Yellan Christmas Eve house shot returns Aunt Patience murderer supper wrecks identify a How does the story end for these characters? informs nail moors drink see b Do you think the characters get what they hounds escapes sleep deserve? The Vicar of Altarnun takes Mary to his c Which of the above characters do you feel (a) ………… . His (b) ………… puts her to most sympathy for? bed, and the Vicar gives her a hot (c) ………… d Which of the characters is your least with some (d) ………… in it to make her favourite?
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1 Match the beginnings (A) and ends (B) of the d The heroine of the story finds she is attracted to sentences. ……… . A B e ……… is a member of Mary’s uncle’s wrecking a Mary remembers 1 a great rock like the gang. Aunt Patience as devil’s hand sticking f ……… is a very depressed and anxious character. up into the sky. g ……… needs proof in order to be able to arrest the landlord of Jamaica Inn. b The people that Mary 2 too damp to sleep h ……… arrests the younger Merlyn brother for meets on her journey under. stealing his horse. c Mary tells her uncle 3 she hears footsteps or 4 Are these sentences true (T) or not true (NT)? that if he hurts Aunt voices in the night. a Mary’s mother was killed by the Vicar of Patience Altarnun. c d Kilmar is 4 she will use the law b Mary’s Aunt Patience used to be much happier against him. before she was married. c e Mary is told to cover 5 cannot believe that c Joss Merlyn admits that he is attracted to her head with the she is going to Mary Yellan. c bedclothes if Jamaica Inn. d Jem Merlyn doesn’t look very much like his f Mary’s room is dirty 6 a smiling woman older brother. c and rough, and the wearing silk skirts. e John Bassat is much more intelligent than the bedclothes are Vicar of Altarnun. c 2 In which order do the following things happen? f The Vicar of Altarnun does not intend to kill Write the numbers 1–10. Mary Yellan. c a c Jem Merlyn tells Mary that he is a horse thief. g Mary Yellan would rather live alone than with b c Mary goes to live at Mr and Mrs Bassat’s house. a horse thief. c c c Mary’s uncle threatens to kill Harry the pedlar. h Jem Merlyn had never killed a man before he d c Mary Yellan goes to live with her aunt and shot Francis Davey. c uncle at Jamaica Inn. 5 Find and correct the ten mistakes in the following e c Mary meets the Vicar of Altarnun for the first summary. time. Now that her mother is ill, Mary Yellan has to go f c Joss Merlyn is killed by Francis Davey. and live with the only family she has left – her Aunt g c The Vicar of Altarnun is shot. Patience and her husband, John Bassat, landlord of h c Jem Merlyn sells Mrs Bassat her own horse. Jamaica Inn. As she travels to her new home, the i c Mary decides to live a life of adventure with people she meets tell Mary that Jamaica Inn has a good Jem. name and that respectable people do not go there any j c Harry the pedlar is locked up in a room at more. They tell her that it is ‘no place for a girl!’ The Jamaica Inn. landscape she crosses on the way to Jamaica Inn is very 3 Who is who? Write the names from the box in the hospitable. right places. Mary finds little comfort at Jamaica Inn where her Aunt Patience Mary Yellan Jem Merlyn uncle treats everyone in a nice way. Her aunt, whom John Bassat Joss Merlyn Francis Davey Mary remembers as being a happy person, now looks Harry the pedlar even happier. Her uncle, a giant of a man who doesn’t drink alcohol, tells her that on some nights she will a ……… feels he doesn’t belong in the nineteenth hear strange things happening at the Inn, but that century. when she does, she must not worry about it. Her room b ……… is an adventurer and lives alone on the is dirty and rather uncomfortable, and so Mary finally moors. decides to leave Jamaica Inn so that she can take care of c ……… blames his bad behaviour on his heavy her aunt. drinking.
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