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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is Mary after she attains her full height?

2. Where does Chief Inspector Connor arrange to have a car drive Holmes and Mary so they can catch a train?

3. Who taught Mary to throw well?

4. What color paint spots are on the bees that Holmes and Mary watch?

5. Where were the Simpsons on holiday when their daughter was kidnapped?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Holmes and Mary find when they are walking a trail they think the kidnappers might have taken?

2. What is the sequence of events in Jessica Simpson's kidnapping?

3. Why does Holmes destroy the lock of Sylvester's kitchen door?

4. Why does Mary leave the house early that April morning when she meets Holmes?

5. What gift does Holmes give Mary for her eighteenth birthday?

6. In the fourth town that Holmes and Mary visit when searching for Jessica, where do Holmes and Mary learn that Jessica is being held?

7. How does Holmes respond when Mary reveals that she is a girl?

8. How do Mary and Holmes contact Mycroft when they arrive at the Diogenes Club?

9. What is the storage room?

10. What does Holmes say when Mary asks if he minds if she looks into the burglary at the inn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Mary's relationship with her aunt and the reasons why they do not get along.

Essay Topic 2

There are times when Holmes introduces Mary as his assistant and this introduction is met with disbelief. Discuss how and why Mary's apprenticeship with Holmes is questioned.

Essay Topic 3

Roman numerals are left slashed in the cab that is wrecked. Discuss how Mary cracks the code of the Roman numerals.

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