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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) He frequently abandoned people for dead on the moor.
(b) His scarred face.
(c) He beat a man to death for looking at him wrong.
(d) His cruel humor.

2. Why did Sir Charles return to Baskerville Hall?
(a) He wished to disprove rumors of the Baskerville hound.
(b) He made a fortune in South Africa and wished to renovate his ancestral home.
(c) He wished to marry and start a family.
(d) He was going to have the hall destroyed.

3. What does Holmes believe is the reason Sir Charles went out to the yew alley that night?
(a) Sir Charles was just out on a walk.
(b) Sir Charles was waiting for the hound.
(c) Sir Charles was waiting for someone.
(d) Sir Charles wished to smoke his cigar outside.

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

5. Where did Sir Charles die?
(a) Fox Tor.
(b) The entrance to his bedroom.
(c) Grimpen Mire.
(d) The entrance of the yew alley.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Watson, who is the owner of the stick?

2. According to Holmes, who is actually the owner of the stick?

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

4. Dr. Mortimer believes that, from the marks, Sir Charles had tip-toed throughout the gravel. What does Holmes deduce from those facts?

5. How does Holmes describe the walking stick?

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