View a FREE sample

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) 8 pounds a week.
(c) 10 pounds a week.
(d) 14 pounds a week.

2. What do Holmes and Watson pick their way through on Audley Court?
(a) Dirty children and discolored linen.
(b) Old men and discolored linen.
(c) Broken pottery.
(d) Broken glass.

3. In Part 1: Chapter 5, what time does Holmes leave to follow the person who claims the ring?
(a) Close to 9 p.m.
(b) 8:15 p.m.
(c) Around 8:30 p.m.
(d) 8:45 p.m.

4. In Part 1: Chapter 4, what coin does Holmes remove from his pocket when he speaks to Rance?
(a) Half-crown.
(b) Groat.
(c) Farthing.
(d) Half-sovereign.

5. In Part 1: Chapter 6, what is the name of the private secretary who travels with Enoch Drebber?
(a) Charles Nightengale.
(b) Joseph Stangerson.
(c) Andrew Livingstone.
(d) William Phillips.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part 1: Chapter 6, where is Joseph Stangerson found murdered?

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

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, approximately how old does Watson believe that the dead man might be?

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

5. Where is the Fifth Northumberland Fusilers stationed when Watson is assigned there as an Assistant Surgeon?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Part 1: Chapter 2, how does Watson describe Holmes's appearance?

3. What is Holmes's occupation?

4. How does Holmes determine that the pills in Stangerson's room are poison?

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

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

7. In Part 1: Chapter 3, how did Holmes deduce the occupation of the man who delivered a letter in Chapter 2?

8. What happens when Holmes tries to follow the woman who claims the ring he advertised in a lost and found ad?

9. When does Watson get his Doctor of Medicine, and what does he do afterwards?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,056 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample