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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what color hair does the corpse have?

2. What time did Drebber leave his lodgings for the train, according to Gregson in Part 1: Chapter 6?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 4, who is the only person that Rance says he saw after finding the body?

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

5. Who saves Watson when he is injured the fatal battle of Maiwand?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Part 1: Chapter 6, what news does Lestrade come to share?

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

7. In Part 1: Chapter 6, who does Holmes have working for him?

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

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

10. Why does Tobias Gregson write Holmes in Part 1: Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting or settings in a book are where the action takes place. Do the settings in the book serve as a backdrop to characters or does it almost take on the role of a character? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the tone in the book?

Essay Topic 2

John Ferrier and Jefferson Hope take risks to protect Lucy. What risks do the men take to protect Lucy? What are they willing to give up in order to save her? What are their motivations for protecting Lucy?

Essay Topic 3

The title of the book is A Study in Scarlet. What analogy does Holmes use to describe what it will take to solve the murder? Why does he describe solving the murder as a study In scarlet?

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