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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) He recognized the ink.
(c) The handwriting is messy, meaning someone uneducated wrote it.
(d) The handwriting is too neat to not belong to a hotel clerk.

2. Who is the man that was killed on the moor?
(a) Barrymore.
(b) Stapleton.
(c) Selden.
(d) Dr. Mortimer.

3. What newspaper does Holmes find the original newsprint from?
(a) The current Devonshire Times.
(b) The previous day's Devonshire Times.
(c) The previous day's London Times.
(d) The current London TImes.

4. What does Dr. Mortimer call Holmes in Chapter 1?
(a) The best detective in Europe.
(b) The most brilliant mind of the decade.
(c) A lucky detective.
(d) The second-best detective in Europe.

5. What manner of narration is used in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Watson's journal entries.
(b) Letters to Holmes.
(c) Letters to Dr. Mortimer.
(d) Dr. Mortimer's journal entries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Stapleton's profession?

3. What had Stapleton falsely promised Mrs. Lyons?

4. What is the address of the rooms that Watson and Holmes share?

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

(see the answer key)

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