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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. What is the name of the murderer of Drebber and Stangerson?
(a) James Higgins.
(b) Jefferson Hope.
(c) Justin Houseman.
(d) Jules Hickman.

2. What street does the person who claimed the ring ask a cabbie to take them to in Part 1: Chapter 5?
(a) Houndsditch.
(b) Canon Alley.
(c) Appold.
(d) Budge Row.

3. Where on Baker Street are the rooms that Watson and Holmes investigate in Part 1: Chapter 2?
(a) 339B.
(b) 311A.
(c) 269C.
(d) 221B.

4. When Rance found the body and blew his whislte, how many came to his aid in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. What is the shape of Audley Court?
(a) Rectangle.
(b) Quadrangle.
(c) Pentagon.
(d) Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lestrade's occupation?

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

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

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Watson find it to be living with Holmes?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are the apartments like at Number 3, Lauriston Gardens?

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

10. What type of place is Audley Court where Rance lives?

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