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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What instrument does Holmes play?
(a) Cello.
(b) Trumpet.
(c) Violin.
(d) Clarinet.

5. 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) 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
(d) 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Part 1: Chapter 6, what is the name of the private secretary who travels with Enoch Drebber?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 4, what time does Holmes and Watson leave No. 3, Lauriston Gardens?

4. On what is Rance's name engraved on Audley Court?

5. When someone writes on a wall, at what height would they usually write?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 4, how does Holmes determine that the murdere had long nails and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar?

2. Who comes to claim the ring that Holmes advertises in a lost and found ad in the paper?

3. How is Watson injuried when he is in Afghanistan, and where is he taken afterwards?

4. What shortcomings do Holmes and Watson share when they consider taking lodgings together?

5. In Part 1: Chapter 2, what rooms do Watson and Holmes inspect?

6. How does Holmes catch the murderer?

7. What does Lestrade see in Stangerson's room at Halliday's Private Hotel?

8. Who does Watson see on the street, and what does Holmes say about the man before he meets him in Part 1: Chapter 2?

9. What news does Gregson share with Holmes in Part 1: Chapter 6?

10. How does Holmes determine that Rance allowed the murderer to go free?

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