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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Sir Henry saddened at the thought of losing the Barrymores?
(a) He thinks they are overreacting to Sir Charles's death.
(b) The Barrymores have served his family for generations.
(c) He does not know how to serve himself.
(d) He believes it is his fault they are leaving.

4. What is the address of the rooms that Watson and Holmes share?
(a) 221 South London Street.
(b) 221 B Butcher Avenue.
(c) 112 A Devonshire Boulevard.
(d) 221 B Baker Street.

5. 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) His cruel humor.
(c) He frequently abandoned people for dead on the moor.
(d) His scarred face.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Holmes spend his time before meeting with Sir Henry in the afternoon following their first meeting?

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

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

5. How does Holmes spend his day after the departure of Dr. Mortimer and Watson?

(see the answer key)

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