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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, The Adventures of the Engineer's Thumb.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Adventures of the Engineer's Thumb," what weapon is used to cut off an appendage of the engineer's?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) A cleaver.

2. In "The Adventures of the Engineer's Thumb," who asks the engineer to fix something?
(a) Inspector Bradstreet.
(b) Colonel Lysander Stark.
(c) Victor Hatherly.
(d) Miss Helen Stoner.

3. In "The Man with the Twisted Lip," what does Holmes do with the person he is investigating?
(a) Tells him to continue what he is doing.
(b) Tells him to run out of town.
(c) Tells him to go back to his wife and quit begging.
(d) Tells him to turn himself in to the police.

4. Why is Mr. WIndbank frequently away from home?
(a) He is a wine dealer and travels to France.
(b) He has a gambling addiction and plays poker.
(c) He is an opium addict and spends time begging on the streets.
(d) He works endless hours at his lawfirm.

5. On the morning of Sutherland and Angel's marriage, what happens to Angel?
(a) He is in a car accident.
(b) He disappears.
(c) He falls and breaks his leg.
(d) He calls off the wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does "The Adventures of the Engineer's Thumb" begin?

2. In "The Man with the Twisted Lip," what is unusual when Watson first meets Holmes?

3. Which of the following Holmes' characteristics does "A Case of Identity" contain?

4. What does Holmes threaten Mr. Windbanks with?

5. In "The Adventures of the Engineer's Thumb," what body part of the main character was cut off?

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