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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was found near Sir Charles's body?
(a) Blood.
(b) A gun.
(c) The footprints of a giant hound.
(d) A dog.

2. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?
(a) The font.
(b) He found the cut-up newspaper.
(c) The color of the newsprint.
(d) The date was on one of the words.

3. What health concern, exacerbated by the story of the hound, did Sir Charles possess?
(a) He had the gout.
(b) He had a heart condition.
(c) He had cancer.
(d) He had diabetes.

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

5. 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 wished to smoke his cigar outside.
(c) Sir Charles was waiting for someone.
(d) Sir Charles was waiting for the hound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sir Charles return to Baskerville Hall?

2. After meeting Sir Henry for the first time, what is Holmes's initial advice to him?

3. Before the death of Sir Charles, what had appeared to people on the moor?

4. According to Dr. Mortimer, why did no one else notice the strange marks near the body?

5. Who is Sir Charles's heir?

(see the answer key)

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