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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mrs. Lyons, what did she do the night she was to meet with Sir Charles?
(a) She met with Sir Charles and saw the hound.
(b) She was detained by a private matter and did not make the meeting.
(c) She was detained by a private matter, but sent a telegram to Sir Charles to not meet her.
(d) She met with Sir Charles, but nothing happened.

2. Where does Stapleton take Sir Henry and Watson in Chapter 8?
(a) The place where the convict is believed to have been last seen.
(b) The Grimpen Mire.
(c) The area where, according to the story, Hugo Baskerville was killed.
(d) Hound's Tor.

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

4. What newspaper does Holmes find the original newsprint from?
(a) The current London TImes.
(b) The previous day's London Times.
(c) The previous day's Devonshire Times.
(d) The current Devonshire Times.

5. What does Stapleton reveal that shocks Watson?
(a) He was with Sir Charles the night he died.
(b) He knew Sir Henry from school.
(c) Stapleton knows that Sherlock Holmes is looking into the death of Sir Charles.
(d) He is planning on moving into Baskerville Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is L.L.?

2. While searching for Selden on the moor, what frightens both Sir Henry and Watson?

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

4. What is Watson's impression of Miss Stapleton?

5. Dr. Mortimer believes that, from the marks, Sir Charles had tip-toed throughout the gravel. What does Holmes deduce from those facts?

(see the answer key)

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