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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first telegram to Holmes reveal?
(a) Barrymore appears to be at Baskerville Hall.
(b) Barrymore appears to have left the country.
(c) Barrymore appears to be in London.
(d) Barrymore does not appear to be at Baskerville Hall.

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

3. How did the cabman describe the bearded man?
(a) Around thirty, dark complected, and tall.
(b) Around forty, pale, and of average height.
(c) Around sixty and gray.
(d) Around forty and of military bearing.

4. What would Dr. Mortimer like to do?
(a) Write a letter to Holmes.
(b) Play violin with Holmes.
(c) Study Holmes's skull.
(d) Take Holmes and Watson to dinner.

5. What possibility does Holmes rule out when he discovers that Henry does not have a will?
(a) Holmes decides that one of Henry's heirs could not be the culprit.
(b) Holmes decides that one of Henry's heirs is the culprit.
(c) Holmes realizes that Sir Henry may be the murderer.
(d) Holmes decides that there is no murderer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Mortimer call Holmes in Chapter 1?

2. Who is following Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer when they leave Holmes and Watson's rooms?

3. What does Dr. Mortimer have on him that he wants Holmes to examine?

4. What does Dr. Mortimer read out loud to Watson and Holmes?

5. How did Dr. Mortimer deduce that Sir Charles had stood at the gate for five to ten minutes?

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