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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Holmes deduce about the sender of Sir Henry's object?
(a) The sender is uneducated and trying to sound educated.
(b) The sender is not English.
(c) The sender is trying to conceal his or her's education.
(d) The sender is highly disturbed.

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

5. What is the Baskerville curse?
(a) A hound will visit Baskerville Hall every full moon to take one of the men away.
(b) The Baskervilles are cursed to turn into hounds if they become like Hugo.
(c) The hound will avenge the death of any Baskerville.
(d) Any descendent of the Baskervilles is to never cross the moor at night, though several have died violently.

6. 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.

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

8. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?
(a) Hugo kidnapped the daughter of a yeoman.
(b) Hugo killed a gypsy's dog.
(c) Hugo sent a man to die in Grimpen Mire.
(d) Hugo killed the daughter of a yeoman.

9. What would Dr. Mortimer like to do?
(a) Study Holmes's skull.
(b) Take Holmes and Watson to dinner.
(c) Write a letter to Holmes.
(d) Play violin with Holmes.

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

11. 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 it may be supernatural in nature.
(d) He believes the servants set up Sir Charles's murder.

12. What word is the only one not taken from a newspaper with Sir Henry's object?
(a) Hound.
(b) Baskerville.
(c) Henry.
(d) Moor.

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

14. What is the object left behind on which Watson tries to deduce a reconstruction of the mysterious owner?
(a) A boot.
(b) A hat.
(c) A notebook.
(d) A walking stick.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Holmes check on Barrymore's location?

2. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?

3. What does Watson hear coming from the moor?

4. What did Sir Henry discover was missing before he left to see Holmes with Dr. Mortimer?

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

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