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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the letter to Holmes, what is the status on the escaped convict?
(a) The convict has likely escaped the area.
(b) The convict will likely be caught soon.
(c) The convict will likely turn himself in to escape the inhospitable moor.
(d) The convict has probably died out on the moors.

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

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

4. What does Holmes deduce about the sender of Sir Henry's object?
(a) The sender is trying to conceal his or her's education.
(b) The sender is highly disturbed.
(c) The sender is not English.
(d) The sender is uneducated and trying to sound educated.

5. How did the man found on the moor die?
(a) He was trampled by a Devonshire pony.
(b) He was chased off a cliff.
(c) He sank into the Grimpen Mire.
(d) He was shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches Watson and Holmes after the discovery of the body on the moor?

2. How did Holmes know it was Watson in his hut?

3. After learning that Mrs. Barrymore answered the telegram for her husband, what does Watson observe about the lady?

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

5. What does Watson observe that Sir Henry has inherited from his ancestors?

(see the answer key)

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