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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Because of the convict and out of concern for the Stapletons, what did Sir Henry offer to them, which Stapleton turned down?
(a) The company of Barrymore.
(b) The company of Perkins, Sir Henry's groom.
(c) The company of Watson.
(d) The company of Sir Henry.

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

4. How does Mr. Frankland spend his time when at home?
(a) He spends time restoring his home.
(b) He spends time with his daughter, who is a painter.
(c) He is writing a history of Devonshire.
(d) He uses his telescope to look at the moor, ostensibly for the convict.

5. How does Holmes propose to find the sender of Sir Henry's object?
(a) He suggests Sir Henry reply to it.
(b) He suggests they check all the trashcans for the cut-up newspaper near Charing Cross.
(c) He marks the letter to be returned to the sender.
(d) He asks the postman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Watson upset at Holmes's deception?

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

3. Where does Stapleton take Sir Henry and Watson in Chapter 8?

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

5. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?

(see the answer key)

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