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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what color hair does the corpse have?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

2. During the battle of Maiwand, where is Watson injured?
(a) Arm.
(b) Hip.
(c) Leg.
(d) Shoulder.

3. Who does Tobias Gregson work for?
(a) East Midlands.
(b) Ministry of Defense.
(c) Scotland Yard.
(d) Interpol.

4. In Part 1, Chapter 3, approximately how old does Watson believe that the dead man might be?
(a) 39 or 40.
(b) 36.
(c) 48.
(d) 43 or 44.

5. Where do Holmes and Watson go after leaving No. 3, Lauriston Gardens in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) Police station.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Telegraph office.
(d) Baker St.

6. In Part 1: Chapter 6, how much does Holmes pay street urchins for information?
(a) Halfpenny.
(b) Florin.
(c) Shilling.
(d) Farthing.

7. Who saves Watson when he is injured the fatal battle of Maiwand?
(a) Baker.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Coleman.
(d) Murray.

8. How many days does Watson notice that Holmes sometimes lies upon the sofa in the sitting-room at the beginning of Part 1: Chapter 2?
(a) 2 or 3 days.
(b) About a week.
(c) 3 or 4 days.
(d) Days on end.

9. In Part 1: Chapter 4, when does Rance say there was a fight at the White Hart?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

10. How is Stangerson murdered?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Stab wound.
(c) Poison.
(d) Blow to the head.

11. At the end of Part 1: Chapter 6, where is Joseph Stangerson found murdered?
(a) Great Northern Hotel.
(b) Halliday's Private Hotel.
(c) Great Eastern Hotel.
(d) Brown's Hotel.

12. In Part 1: Chapter 3, where is the man from who is found dead off Brixton Road?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Indiana.

13. In Part 1: Chapter 4, what time does Holmes and Watson leave No. 3, Lauriston Gardens?
(a) 2:30 p.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) 1:30 p.m.

14. What income does Watson earn a day have when he returns to England in Part 1: Chapter 1?
(a) 12 shillings and fourpence.
(b) 11 shillings and sixpence.
(c) 10 shillings and sixpence.
(d) 14 shillings and eightpence.

15. In Part 1: Chapter 1, when does Watson say that he took his degree of Doctor of Medicine?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concert does Holmes want to go to in Part 1: Chapter 4?

2. What does a retired sergeant of Marines deliver to Sherlock in Part 1: Chapter 2?

3. Where does Watson go through a course for surgeons in the army?

4. In Part 1: Chapter 4, how does Rance say the last tenant who lived in one of the vacant apartments in Lauriston Gardens died?

5. Who does the person who comes for the ring in Part 1: Chapter 5, say the ring belongs to?

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