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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dr. Mortimer arrives at the rooms, what is revealed that annoys Holmes?
(a) Holmes's deductions are mostly, but not completely accurate.
(b) Holmes does not appreciate the doctor just stopping in unannounced.
(c) Holmes's deduction are completely wrong.
(d) Holmes find the doctor to be rude.

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

3. According to Holmes, who is actually the owner of the stick?
(a) A young, ambitious doctor.
(b) An older, caring doctor.
(c) An older, incompetent doctor.
(d) A young, unambitious doctor.

4. According to Dr. Mortimer, why did no one else notice the strange marks near the body?
(a) No one cared.
(b) The prints were too far away.
(c) Everyone was drunk.
(d) He was the only one there.

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

6. What does Watson observe that Sir Henry has inherited from his ancestors?
(a) The temper.
(b) The cruelty.
(c) The godlessness.
(d) The intelligence.

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

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

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

10. What is the result of Hugo's wild ride after the girl?
(a) Hugo is murdered by the girl's father.
(b) Hugo marries the girl.
(c) Hugo has his throat torn out by a large hound.
(d) A hound will visit Baskerville Hall every full moon to take one of the men away.

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

12. How does Holmes check on Barrymore's location?
(a) Holmes sends a package to Baskerville Hall.
(b) He sends a telegram for him to Baskerville Hall that requires an immediate response.
(c) Holmes asks the neighbors if they have seen Barrymore.
(d) Holmes has a friend watch Baskerville Hall.

13. What does C.C.H (engraved on the stick) stand for?
(a) Christian Cross Hospital.
(b) Christian Care Hospital.
(c) Charing Cross Hospital.
(d) Charing Court Hospital.

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

15. How did the cabman describe the bearded man?
(a) Around thirty, dark complected, and tall.
(b) Around forty and of military bearing.
(c) Around forty, pale, and of average height.
(d) Around sixty and gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Holmes able to deduce the size of Dr. Mortimer's dog?

2. Why do Barrymore and his wife wish to leave Baskerville Hall?

3. What does the first telegram to Holmes reveal?

4. After meeting Sir Henry for the first time, what is Holmes's initial advice to him?

5. What dangerous place on the moor has claimed the lives of several people and animals?

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