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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sir Henry's opinion of Baskerville Hall?
(a) He finds it to be too big.
(b) He finds it to be stifling.
(c) He finds it cheerful.
(d) He finds it gloomy.

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

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

4. Why do Barrymore and his wife wish to leave Baskerville Hall?
(a) They do not care for Sir Henry.
(b) They are shaken up by the death of Sir Charles.
(c) They have a better opportunity with another household.
(d) They like Sir Henry, but do not wish to serve someone who is not English.

5. 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 handwriting is messy, meaning someone uneducated wrote it.
(d) The splatters showed that the ink bottle was running dry, common for hotels but not for personal use.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sir Henry discover was missing before he left to see Holmes with Dr. Mortimer?

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

3. What does Holmes believe is the reason Sir Charles went out to the yew alley that night?

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

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

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