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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Holmes, who is actually the owner of the stick?
(a) An older, caring doctor.
(b) An older, incompetent doctor.
(c) A young, unambitious doctor.
(d) A young, ambitious doctor.

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

3. How does Holmes describe the walking stick?
(a) A present.
(b) A rude gesture.
(c) A visiting card from the absent-minded.
(d) The mark of a careless, untrustworthy man.

4. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?
(a) Hugo killed a gypsy's dog.
(b) Hugo killed the daughter of a yeoman.
(c) Hugo kidnapped the daughter of a yeoman.
(d) Hugo sent a man to die in Grimpen Mire.

5. How did Dr. Mortimer deduce that Sir Charles had stood at the gate for five to ten minutes?
(a) Sir Charles marked time with pebbles.
(b) He noticed that cigar ash had dropped twice.
(c) He watched Sir Charles the night he died.
(d) Sir Charles's watch had been smashed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Dr. Mortimer like to do?

2. Who is Sir Charles's heir?

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

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

5. After questioning Dr. Mortimer about the discovery of Sir Charles's body, what is Holmes annoyed about?

(see the answer key)

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