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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Holmes propose to find the sender of Sir Henry's object?
(a) He asks the postman.
(b) He suggests they check all the trashcans for the cut-up newspaper near Charing Cross.
(c) He marks the letter to be returned to the sender.
(d) He suggests Sir Henry reply to it.

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

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

5. What does Holmes deduce about the sender of Sir Henry's object?
(a) The sender is trying to conceal his or her's education.
(b) The sender is highly disturbed.
(c) The sender is not English.
(d) The sender is uneducated and trying to sound educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dr. Mortimer arrives at the rooms, what is revealed that annoys Holmes?

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

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

4. What does Watson observe that Sir Henry has inherited from his ancestors?

5. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?

(see the answer key)

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