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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is the only one not taken from a newspaper with Sir Henry's object?
(a) Moor.
(b) Henry.
(c) Hound.
(d) Baskerville.

2. After Watson tells Holmes about his conversation with Laura Lyons, what does Holmes reveal to his partner about Miss Stapleton?
(a) She is actually Stapleton's wife.
(b) She is the murderer.
(c) She is Frankland's daughter.
(d) She is actually Stapleton's daughter.

3. How does Holmes go about his search for the cut-up newspaper?
(a) He hires a boy named Cartwright to search the wastepaper of each hotel in Charing Cross.
(b) He hires a boy named Cartwright to bribe the postman.
(c) Holmes sends Watson to check the wastepaper.
(d) Holmes checks the wastepaper himself.

4. According to Holmes and Watson's deductions, who must have sent the message of warning to Sir Henry in London?
(a) Stapleton.
(b) Miss Stapleton.
(c) Dr. Mortimer.
(d) Frankland.

5. What about the handwriting reveals to Holmes that the object originated at a hotel?
(a) The splatters showed that the ink bottle was running dry, common for hotels but not for personal use.
(b) The handwriting is too neat to not belong to a hotel clerk.
(c) The handwriting is messy, meaning someone uneducated wrote it.
(d) He recognized the ink.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Holmes lie about being in London to Watson?

2. What newspaper does Holmes find the original newsprint from?

3. What does Holmes deduce about the sender of Sir Henry's object?

4. After meeting Sir Henry for the first time, what is Holmes's initial advice to him?

5. According to the letter to Holmes, what is the status on the escaped convict?

(see the answer key)

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