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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stapleton do when he visits Baskerville Hall after Watson has followed Sir Henry?
(a) Stapleton strikes Sir Henry for talking to his sister.
(b) Stapleton apologizes for his rudeness to Sir Henry in regards to his sister.
(c) Stapleton tries to hire the Barrymores away from Sir Henry.
(d) Stapleton attempts to pay Sir Henry to leave for London.

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

3. What has excited Dr. Mortimer?
(a) He found gold in the soil.
(b) He found evidence of the hound.
(c) He found a prehistoric skull on an excavation.
(d) He found where the convict is hiding.

4. How did Dr. Mortimer deduce that Sir Charles had stood at the gate for five to ten minutes?
(a) He noticed that cigar ash had dropped twice.
(b) Sir Charles marked time with pebbles.
(c) Sir Charles's watch had been smashed.
(d) He watched Sir Charles the night he died.

5. How is Holmes able to deduce the size of Dr. Mortimer's dog?
(a) Holmes sees marks of measurement on the walking stick.
(b) Holmes guesses.
(c) Holmes looks at the size and spacing of the teeth marks on the doctor's walking stick.
(d) Holmes sees the scratch marks on the bottom of the staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the deal Stapleton strikes with Sir Henry?

2. What does the postmaster inadvertently reveal to Watson?

3. When Holmes and Watson arrive at the hotel, what does Sir Henry claim to have lost this time?

4. After hearing a man scream on the moor, what do Watson and Holmes hear next?

5. How is Chapter 8 narrated?

(see the answer key)

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