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Jamaica Inn Book key 12 a i) Mary’s story about smuggling. b iii) drinks heavily. 1 a brave, confused, hopeful c ii) the magistrate. b adventure, historical, romantic d i) drowned. 2 a carriage, cart, coach, wagon e iii) killed a man. b agent, albino, blacksmith, companion, landlord, f ii) the magistrate’s wife. magistrate, pedlar, tradesman, vicar g iii) disappeared. c cliff, marsh, moor, tor h i) the sea. 3 7 7 3 7 7 7 3 3 a b c d e f g h 13 a in the vicar’s house, because it is warm and peaceful; 4 brave: Mary’s courage helps her through her mother’s on the journey with Jem to Launceston death; she defends herself against Joss. b when the vicar drives her back to Jamaica Inn; (discouraged: She loses courage in the wind and rain when she thinks about Jem on the journey to Jamaica Inn.) c when Jem talks about Joss (she thinks that he may anxious: When she is advised not to go to Jamaica Inn. be trying to trick her) (sad: When she sees Aunt Patience for the first time.) d when Joss tells her about the wreckers loyal: She stays at Jamaica Inn to help Aunt Patience. e when she is with Jem in Launceston kind: When Aunt Patience is upset, Mary holds her f when Jem sells the ‘black’ horse to the magistrate’s and tries to comfort her. wife 5 a She is invited there after her mother’s death to live g when Jem does not return with the horse and cart with her mother’s sister. h when Joss hits her b Because no one respectable goes there and it is not 14–15 Open answers the place for young women. 16 a Harry the pedlar c He killed a man. b a false light d Drink. c Joss e Rough, wet, cold, dirty and unpapered. d Mary f A broken hand. e Joss g He is exaggeratedly polite, and then violently angry. f Joss h She is anxious and afraid, but brave. (She hides her g Harry the pedlar trembling hands.) h Jem i He drowned in a marsh. i Francis Davey j On Saturday nights. 17 the weather: The ship is guided onto the rocks by the 6–7 Open answers wreckers because of the mist. 8 a 5 b 7 c 3 d 9 e 2 f 6 g 8 h 1 drink: Joss leads the wreckers on Christmas Eve i 10 j 4 because he is drunk. 9 a the noisy inn on the Saturday night Sunday: Joss changes his mind about staying at the inn b smuggling and decides to leave on the Sunday because it is a day c the person moving quietly in the room above hers of rest and no one will look for him. d the man who had been arguing with Joss the marks on Mary’s face: Because of these, Jem e Jem promises to kill his brother. f Jem three hours: Mary has three hours to get to Altarnun g Mr Bassat and return to the inn before Joss realizes that she has h Joss, when he thanks her for not telling Mr Bassat gone. about him Altarnun: Mary wants to go there to tell the vicar i the vicar of Altarnun where Joss is. 10–11 Open answers
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18 a Mary decides that she cannot protect Aunt Patience night’s sleep. But I didn’t. I was woken in the middle any more. Aunt Patience is nervous because she of the night by the sound of men unloading packages does not know what Mary will do. and boxes from five wagons right outside my bedroom b Joss does not trust Mary but he respects her. Mary window. My uncle seemed to be in charge, which I hates Joss and wants him to be punished for his find surprising as I don’t think he is intelligent enough crimes and his treatment of Aunt Patience. to run such a complicated business. The worst thing c The pedlar is afraid of Joss. Joss has no respect for was when I heard him arguing with one of his men. the pedlar because he feels that the pedlar is more The man was saying he didn’t want to be part of the interested in the goods from the wreck than in his gang anymore, but my uncle threatened him and told ( Joss’s) safety. him it was too late to leave. Then my uncle sent the d Mary probably loves Jem. She is excited by him others away with the man’s horse. I think he killed the but cannot trust him. Although she thinks that he poor man. I saw the rope myself. may be the leader of the smugglers, she does not 10 Open answers want him to be hurt. Jem also probably loves Mary. 11 Possible answer: He wants to help her, but he is proud. When she I met my uncle’s younger brother today. I was cleaning refuses his help, he pretends that he does not care. the path at the back of the house when I heard 19–20 Open answers the sound of a horse in the yard. When I went to 21 a out/away investigate, I found him sitting in the bar with a glass b inn in his hand – he had served himself ! He is every bit as c leave rude as my uncle, but he is much better looking and d gun much younger. I wish he were not a Merlyn! e killed/murdered 12–20 Open answers f knife 21 Possible answer: g Jem Fortune teller: Let me see you palm, my dear. h vicar Mary: What can you see? i nail Fortune teller: I see that you have recently lost 22 a 4 b 9 c 8 d 7 e 6 f 2 g 5 h 3 somebody very close to you. i 10 j 1 Mary: Yes, I have. My mother died a few weeks ago. 23–24 Open answers Fortune teller: And I see that you have recently started 25 a future > past a new life in a new house. b humour > justice Mary: Yes, I am living with my Aunt now. c south > north Fortune teller: Your love line tells me that you will d sudden storm > mist/low cloud soon meet a dark stranger. He is not to be trusted. e Mr Bassat > Jem Mary: Why not? f successful > unsuccessful, or be successful > fail Fortune teller: I cannot say, but be warned! g farmer > wanderer 22–26 Open answers h south > north 27 Possible answer: 26–36 Open answers Here are some questions Richards might ask: How long have you been living at Jamaica Inn? Discussion activities key Have you seen any violence? 1–8 Open answers Is it true that your uncle is a wrecker? 9 Possible answer: Does your aunt know what your uncle does? How I hate this place, and how I hate my uncle! He How did you manage to get out of the house without made me work in the bar last night, serving all his them noticing? horrible drunken friends. After a few hours I could What would your uncle do to you if he knew where take it no longer and I told him he would have to you were? serve them himself. I went to bed, hoping for a good 28 Open answers
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29 Possible answer: 5 a dying Dear Mr Bassat, b rightly I have just learned the awful truth about the Vicar of c except Altarnun. I have been so stupid to trust him. He is the d watch one who has been organizing the wrecking of ships in e die the area. My uncle was working for him, and now the f back vicar has killed my uncle and my aunt. It is so terrible! 6 a Mary leaves the Vicar of Altarnun’s house because he Please come and help me. is not there. Yours b Mary goes to North Hill where Mr Bassat lives. Mary Yellan c Jamaica Inn is silent when Mary returns because it 30–31 Open answers was very late/because the people inside were dead. d When Mary finds her uncle he is dead. Activity worksheets key e Mr Bassat and his men find Aunt Patience dead and 1 a NT Jamaica Inn is surrounded by brown and wet Harry the pedlar. moors. There are no trees. f The Vicar of Altarnun comes to Jamaica Inn because b NT Mary does ask her aunt about the locked room. he has a message from Mary Yellan. c T 7 a house d T b housekeeper e T c drink f NT Mary hears her uncle threaten to hang one of the d powder men. e sleep g NT Mary does not manage to see her uncle’s f supper companion. g Christmas Eve 2 a Mary is asking her aunt about the mysterious locked h free room. i wrecks b Joss is telling Mary that he needs her to work in the j refuses bar because it is Saturday night. k escapes c Mary is telling her uncle that she does not want to l returns work in the bar any more tonight and that she is m informs going to bed. n nail d One of Joss’s gang is telling Joss he wants to leave o identify the gang because he doesn’t want to be involved in p murderer murder. q moors e Joss tells the man who wants to leave that it is too r see late now. s hounds f Joss tells the other men to take the man’s horse away t shot – he is going to kill the man. 8 a Mary feels that the sense of evil has gone from the g Mary is talking to Jem as he has just served himself a moors. drink at Jamaica Inn. b Mary wants to return to Helford to find peace. h Jem is asking Mary if Joss has sent Aunt Patience c Mary meets Jem driving his cart with all his things. away and replaced her with Mary. d Mary turns her back on Helford and travels north 3 a 3 b 2 c 2 d 3 e 1 f 2 with Jem. 4 a 6 b 3 c 8 d 1 e 7 f 5 g 2 h 4 9 Open answers
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Jamaica Inn Progress test key 5 Now that her mother is ill dead, Mary Yellan has to go 1 a 6 b 5 c 4 d 1 e 3 f 2 and live with the only family she has left – her Aunt 2 a 2 b 9 c 5 d 1 e 3 f 7 g 8 h 4 Patience and her husband, John Bassat Joss Merlyn, i 10 j 6 landlord of Jamaica Inn. As she travels to her new 3 a Francis Davey home, the people she meets tell Mary that Jamaica Inn b Jem Merlyn has a good bad name and that respectable people do c Joss Merlyn not go there any more. They tell her that it is ‘no place d Jem Merlyn for a girl!’ The landscape she crosses on the way to e Harry the pedlar Jamaica Inn is very hospitable unwelcoming. f Aunt Patience Mary finds little comfort at Jamaica Inn where her g John Bassat uncle treats everyone in a nice nasty/horrible way. Her h John Bassat aunt, whom Mary remembers as being a happy person, 4 a NT b T c T d NT e NT f T g NT now looks even happier very sad and anxious. Her h T uncle, a giant of a man who doesn’t drink drinks a lot of alcohol, tells her that on some nights she will hear strange things happening at the Inn, but that when she does, she must not worry about it leave her room. Her room is dirty and rather uncomfortable, and so but Mary finally decides to leave stay at Jamaica Inn so that she can take care of her aunt.
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