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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though he is described as godless, what in particular made Hugo notorious?
(a) His scarred face.
(b) His cruel humor.
(c) He frequently abandoned people for dead on the moor.
(d) He beat a man to death for looking at him wrong.

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

3. Dr. Mortimer believes that, from the marks, Sir Charles had tip-toed throughout the gravel. What does Holmes deduce from those facts?
(a) A woman followed Sir Charles outside.
(b) Sir Charles was stepping carefully.
(c) Dr. Mortimer is right.
(d) Sir Charles was actually running.

4. Where does chapter one take place?
(a) Wales.
(b) Devonshire.
(c) Canada.
(d) London.

5. What does Holmes have Watson send up to him?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Brandy.
(c) His violin.
(d) Cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man that brought the curse upon the Baskervilles?

2. What is the object left behind on which Watson tries to deduce a reconstruction of the mysterious owner?

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

4. How does Holmes spend his day after the departure of Dr. Mortimer and Watson?

5. Where did Sir Charles die?

(see the answer key)

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