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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name did the bearded man who followed Sir Henry give the cabman?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) Dr. John Watson.
(c) Sir Henry Baskerville.
(d) Professor James Moriarty.

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

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

4. What do Sir Henry, Dr. Mortimer, and Watson discover as they travel to the moor?
(a) Another man has been murdered by the hound.
(b) A ghostly apparition has been appearing to people on the moor.
(c) A dangerous convict has escaped.
(d) One of Sir Henry's neighbors has moved out.

5. What does the postmaster inadvertently reveal to Watson?
(a) Sir Charles had a mysterious package delivered to him the day before his death.
(b) Sir Henry has a package of mail waiting for him.
(c) The telegram was delivered to Mrs. Barrymore, not her husband.
(d) One of the neighbors has been reading Sir Charles's mail.

6. What does Holmes advise to Watson before Watson leaves for Devonshire with Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer?
(a) To never go out on the moor.
(b) To take up smoking.
(c) To always have a dog with him.
(d) To stay armed at all times.

7. According to Holmes, who must Watson focus on as suspects?
(a) Sir Henry's heirs.
(b) Dr. Mortimer and his friends.
(c) The people in Coombe Tracy.
(d) Sir Henry's servants and neighbors.

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

9. What about the handwriting reveals to Holmes that the object originated at a hotel?
(a) The handwriting is too neat to not belong to a hotel clerk.
(b) He recognized the ink.
(c) The handwriting is messy, meaning someone uneducated wrote it.
(d) The splatters showed that the ink bottle was running dry, common for hotels but not for personal use.

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

11. What impression does Watson have of Baskerville Hall in the morning in Chapter 7?
(a) He finds that he does not care for it very much.
(b) He finds it to be singularly unattractive.
(c) He finds it much lighter and more cheerful.
(d) He finds it to be just as gloomy as the night before.

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

13. With whom does Miss Stapleton confuse Watson?
(a) Sir Henry.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) Lestrade.
(d) Frankland.

14. What does Miss Stapleton tell Watson when she first meets him on the moor?
(a) She tells him she knows who killed Sir Charles.
(b) She tells him she knows Sherlock Holmes is around.
(c) She tells him to return to London.
(d) She tells him she is going to kill herself in three nights.

15. What sort of accent does Sir Henry possess?
(a) English.
(b) American.
(c) Irish.
(d) Welsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When questioned by Sir Henry about the strange sound in the night, what lie does Barrymore tell?

2. What does Watson hear alone at night in Chapter 6?

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

4. How did the cabman describe the bearded man?

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

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