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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the moor, what does Watson find himself unable to do?
(a) Leave a hurt animal behind.
(b) Reassure Sir Henry that the hound is not real.
(c) Shoot the unarmed convict.
(d) Go further into the Grimpen Mire.

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

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

4. What does Stapleton reveal that shocks Watson?
(a) He knew Sir Henry from school.
(b) Stapleton knows that Sherlock Holmes is looking into the death of Sir Charles.
(c) He was with Sir Charles the night he died.
(d) He is planning on moving into Baskerville Hall.

5. What does Watson hear coming from the moor?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) Someone screaming.
(c) The baying of a hound.
(d) A mysterious, sad moan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sir Henry do when Barrymore refuses to answer his questions?

2. What does Watson witness when he follows Sir Henry?

3. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?

4. What possible motive for Barrymore's strange behavior does Watson surmise?

5. What is Stapleton's profession?

(see the answer key)

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