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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between the two men who guide Mary and Holmes around Palestine?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Uncle and nephew.

2. How many years ago did Holmes kill Professor James Moriarty?
(a) Twenty five.
(b) Twenty eight.
(c) Twenty seven.
(d) Twenty nine.

3. What does Holmes give Mary to drink when she awakens from a nightmare on board the ship?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Milk.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water.

4. What story did Mary and her mother read a year after reading about Judith and Holofernes?
(a) Jael and Sisera.
(b) Levite's concubine.
(c) Children killed by bears for making fun of Elisha.
(d) Samson and the jawbone.

5. With whom do Mary and Holmes drink cold, sour lemonade?
(a) A high-ranking army officer.
(b) A lady at an embassy.
(c) A Bedouin sheikh.
(d) Jews in a Zionist settlement.

6. To what part of Holmes's house do Mary and he go when they get to the house after the drive from Oxford?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) A guest bedroom.
(c) Laboratory.
(d) Parlor.

7. Where did the mud come from that Holmes and Mary find at the scene of the wrecked cab and in the ladies' restroom in the park?
(a) Oxford Street.
(b) Bond Street.
(c) Regent Street.
(d) Baker Street.

8. What is the name of the library clerk who tells Mary at the end of Chapter 16 that the library is closing?
(a) Mr. Williams.
(b) Mr. Smythe.
(c) Mr. Douglas.
(d) Mr. Jones.

9. How is Holmes disguised at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) As an old woman.
(b) As a gypsy.
(c) As a nun.
(d) As an old priest.

10. Which cab has Holmes instructed Mary to take after she has spent time in the storage room?
(a) The fourth cab.
(b) The green cab.
(c) The yellow cab.
(d) The third cab.

11. What is the name of Captain Jones's son?
(a) Brian.
(b) Mickey.
(c) Jack.
(d) Tom.

12. Where did Captain Jones spend January?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

13. During World War I, when did the British and German soldiers have an undeclared truce?
(a) July 1915.
(b) March 1917.
(c) Christmas 1914.
(d) Thanksgiving 1916.

14. How did Miss Donleavy consider blackmailing the cabby Billy?
(a) Indiscretions in his past.
(b) A scandal in his father's family.
(c) A scandal in his mother's family.
(d) Incidents in his sister's past.

15. How long does Holmes want himself and Mary to disappear to try to get the female mastermind off their trail?
(a) Three months.
(b) Four months.
(c) One month.
(d) Two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Mary estimate the cab to be that she takes when she goes to meet Holmes after stopping at the storage room?

2. What type of dog does one of Mary's followers walk while Mary is having tea on the road to Eastbourne?

3. How old was Mary's brother when he learned to read?

4. How many years of Holmes's life does he say he loses during the drive from Oxford to Sussex?

5. What is the name of the monograph that Holmes wrote about footprints?

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