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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Holmes go about his search for the cut-up newspaper?
(a) Holmes sends Watson to check the wastepaper.
(b) He hires a boy named Cartwright to bribe the postman.
(c) Holmes checks the wastepaper himself.
(d) He hires a boy named Cartwright to search the wastepaper of each hotel in Charing Cross.

3. What about the handwriting reveals to Holmes that the object originated at a hotel?
(a) He recognized the ink.
(b) The handwriting is too neat to not belong to a hotel clerk.
(c) The splatters showed that the ink bottle was running dry, common for hotels but not for personal use.
(d) The handwriting is messy, meaning someone uneducated wrote it.

4. How does Holmes spend his day after the departure of Dr. Mortimer and Watson?
(a) Doing cocaine and thinking.
(b) Drinking and thinking.
(c) Playing violin and thinking.
(d) Smoking and thinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Holmes, who must Watson focus on as suspects?

2. What is the address of the rooms that Watson and Holmes share?

3. What sort of accent does Sir Henry possess?

4. Why does Holmes change his mind about Sir Henry going to Baskerville Hall?

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

(see the answer key)

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