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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man that brought the curse upon the Baskervilles?
(a) Hank Baskerville.
(b) Henry Baskerville.
(c) Hugo Baskerville.
(d) Charles Baskerville.

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

3. What is the Baskerville curse?
(a) The hound will avenge the death of any Baskerville.
(b) The Baskervilles are cursed to turn into hounds if they become like Hugo.
(c) A hound will visit Baskerville Hall every full moon to take one of the men away.
(d) Any descendent of the Baskervilles is to never cross the moor at night, though several have died violently.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Dr. Mortimer like to do?

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

3. What does Dr. Mortimer have on him that he wants Holmes to examine?

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

5. What was found near Sir Charles's body?

(see the answer key)

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