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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Hugo's captive escape?
(a) She bribed his servant.
(b) She used the entrance to the yew alley.
(c) She sneaked out of his bedroom.
(d) She crawled down the ivy-covered wall.

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

4. What does Dr. Mortimer have on him that he wants Holmes to examine?
(a) A manuscript.
(b) A will.
(c) A walking stick.
(d) A bone.

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

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

7. When Holmes and Watson arrive at the hotel, what does Sir Henry claim to have lost this time?
(a) A black boot.
(b) A black hat.
(c) A pipe.
(d) An overcoat.

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

9. Who is following Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer when they leave Holmes and Watson's rooms?
(a) A man dressed up as a priest.
(b) A woman dressed up as a man.
(c) A man with a possibly fake beard.
(d) A street urchin.

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

11. 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) An old boot.
(d) A brown hat.

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

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

14. What is the actual reason for Dr. Mortimer's consultation with Holmes?
(a) He wants Holmes to kill the hound.
(b) He fears for Sir Henry's safety if he is to go to the hall.
(c) He wants Holmes to investigate Sir Charles's will.
(d) He wants Watson to get an autopsy report for Sir Charles.

15. What do Watson and Stapleton see at the bog-hole?
(a) A pony is slowly sinking into the mire.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A hound.
(d) A boot.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Holmes go about his search for the cut-up newspaper?

2. How does Holmes trick the hotel clerk into talking about guests who have checked in after Sir Henry?

3. What word is the only one not taken from a newspaper with Sir Henry's object?

4. What does Watson hear coming from the moor?

5. What does C.C.H (engraved on the stick) stand for?

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