The Hound of the Baskervilles | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. What is the address of the rooms that Watson and Holmes share?

221 B Baker Street.

2. Where does chapter one take place?

London.

3. What is the object left behind on which Watson tries to deduce a reconstruction of the mysterious owner?

A walking stick.

4. According to Watson, who is the owner of the stick?

An elderly, country doctor.

5. What does C.C.H (engraved on the stick) stand for?

Charing Cross Hospital.

6. According to Holmes, who is actually the owner of the stick?

A young, unambitious doctor.

7. How does Holmes describe the walking stick?

A visiting card from the absent-minded.

8. How is Holmes able to deduce the size of Dr. Mortimer's dog?

Holmes looks at the size and spacing of the teeth marks on the doctor's walking stick.

9. When Dr. Mortimer arrives at the rooms, what is revealed that...
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