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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Mortimer call Holmes in Chapter 1?
(a) The most brilliant mind of the decade.
(b) The best detective in Europe.
(c) The second-best detective in Europe.
(d) A lucky detective.

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

4. According to Watson, who is the owner of the stick?
(a) A middle-aged scientist.
(b) An elderly, country doctor.
(c) Sherlock Holmes.
(d) A young, city doctor.

5. What does the first telegram to Holmes reveal?
(a) Barrymore appears to be at Baskerville Hall.
(b) Barrymore appears to be in London.
(c) Barrymore appears to have left the country.
(d) Barrymore does not appear to be at Baskerville Hall.

6. What did Sir Henry discover was missing before he left to see Holmes with Dr. Mortimer?
(a) A brown boot.
(b) A brown hat.
(c) An old boot.
(d) An old suitcoat.

7. What about the incident makes Dr. Mortimer most uneasy?
(a) He believes he may be next.
(b) He believes the servants set up Sir Charles's murder.
(c) He believes it may be supernatural in nature.
(d) He believes the hound is haunting him.

8. What is a favored study of Dr. Mortimer?
(a) The study of skull formations.
(b) The study of the human hand.
(c) Art.
(d) Theater.

9. What does Sir Henry do that Holmes strongly advises against?
(a) He tried to track down the murderer himself.
(b) He spent an afternoon alone.
(c) He tried to go to the bank.
(d) He wrote to his servants.

10. Before the death of Sir Charles, what had appeared to people on the moor?
(a) A mysterious man on the moor.
(b) A carriage.
(c) Fog.
(d) The hound.

11. What does Sir Henry receive the morning he meets Holmes?
(a) A letter.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) A bank note.
(d) A telegram from Canada.

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

13. While Watson is in Baskerville Hall, what is the only thing he is to report to Holmes?
(a) Legends.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Theories.
(d) Facts.

14. What does Watson hear alone at night in Chapter 6?
(a) A woman sobbing.
(b) Sir Henry having a nightmare.
(c) A hound baying.
(d) Mice in the attic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Mortimer say has a beard like the man that was following them?

2. What sort of accent does Sir Henry possess?

3. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?

4. What is the object left behind on which Watson tries to deduce a reconstruction of the mysterious owner?

5. How did the cabman describe the bearded man?

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