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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the actual reason for Dr. Mortimer's consultation with Holmes?
(a) He fears for Sir Henry's safety if he is to go to the hall.
(b) He wants Holmes to kill the hound.
(c) He wants Holmes to investigate Sir Charles's will.
(d) He wants Watson to get an autopsy report for Sir Charles.

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

3. What is Stapleton's profession?
(a) A professor.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A barrister.
(d) A naturalist.

4. What does Watson deduce about the candle?
(a) He realizes that Barrymore is merely trying to write in secret at night.
(b) He realizes that Barrymore is plotting to burn down Baskerville Hall.
(c) He realizes that Barrymore is using it to burn letters.
(d) He realizes it is a signal.

5. How much is Sir Henry going to inherit from Sir Charles?
(a) Several hundreds of pounds.
(b) Nearly half a million pounds.
(c) Nearly a million pounds.
(d) Over two million pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Frankland spend his time when at home?

2. What is Mr. Frankland's favorite pastime?

3. What word is the only one not taken from a newspaper with Sir Henry's object?

4. Where does Stapleton take Sir Henry and Watson in Chapter 8?

5. How did Dr. Mortimer deduce that Sir Charles had stood at the gate for five to ten minutes?

(see the answer key)

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