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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Watson learn about Holmes's powers of observation?
(a) March 1.
(b) March 30.
(c) March 23.
(d) March 4.

2. In Part 1: Chapter 5, what does Watson do when Holmes leaves for the concert?
(a) Has tea.
(b) Goes for a walk.
(c) Reads the newspaper.
(d) Tries to take a nap.

3. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what type of cigar does Holmes say the murderer smoked?
(a) Bucareli.
(b) Guantanamera.
(c) Ahambra.
(d) Trichinopoly.

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

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

6. In Part 1: Chapter 3, how many of the apartments at Lauriston Gardens are for rent?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

7. How many are in the chemical laboratory when Stamford takes Watson to meet Holmes in Part 1: Chapter 1?
(a) .3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

8. How tall is Holmes?
(a) Over 6 feet.
(b) About 5 feet 11 inches.
(c) 5 feet 9 inches.
(d) 6 feet 2 inches.

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

10. How much did Drebber and his secretary pay when they stayed with Madame Charpentier?
(a) 10 pounds a week.
(b) 8 pounds a week.
(c) 16 pounds a week.
(d) 14 pounds a week.

11. When someone writes on a wall, at what height would they usually write?
(a) Above the head.
(b) Shoulder level.
(c) Eye level.
(d) Chest level.

12. What shift did Rance work in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
(b) Midnight to 8 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
(d) 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

13. Where does Watson go through a course for surgeons in the army?
(a) Chesire.
(b) Berkshire.
(c) Netley.
(d) Cambridgeshire.

14. What color is the stump of candle in the room where the body is found in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

15. What time does Rance say that he met Harry Murcher from the Holland Grove beat?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) 4 a.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Stangerson murdered?

2. What day of the month did Drebber and his private secretary leave for the Euston Station in Part 1: Chapter 6?

3. What falls when the body is moved in Part 1: Chapter 3?

4. In Part 1: Chapter 1, when does Watson say that he took his degree of Doctor of Medicine?

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

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