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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Holmes able to deduce the size of Dr. Mortimer's dog?
(a) Holmes guesses.
(b) Holmes sees the scratch marks on the bottom of the staff.
(c) Holmes looks at the size and spacing of the teeth marks on the doctor's walking stick.
(d) Holmes sees marks of measurement on the walking stick.

2. How does Hugo's captive escape?
(a) She sneaked out of his bedroom.
(b) She crawled down the ivy-covered wall.
(c) She used the entrance to the yew alley.
(d) She bribed his servant.

3. What is the actual reason for Dr. Mortimer's consultation with Holmes?
(a) He fears for Sir Henry's safety if he is to go to the hall.
(b) He wants Holmes to kill the hound.
(c) He wants Watson to get an autopsy report for Sir Charles.
(d) He wants Holmes to investigate Sir Charles's will.

4. What does Dr. Mortimer have on him that he wants Holmes to examine?
(a) A bone.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) A will.
(d) A manuscript.

5. Before the death of Sir Charles, what had appeared to people on the moor?
(a) A carriage.
(b) The hound.
(c) A mysterious man on the moor.
(d) Fog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Holmes relax after his day of thinking?

2. Who is Sir Charles's heir?

3. How does Holmes describe the walking stick?

4. What does Holmes believe is the reason Sir Charles went out to the yew alley that night?

5. What about the incident makes Dr. Mortimer most uneasy?

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