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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do Barrymore and his wife wish to leave Baskerville Hall?
(a) They do not care for Sir Henry.
(b) They have a better opportunity with another household.
(c) They are shaken up by the death of Sir Charles.
(d) They like Sir Henry, but do not wish to serve someone who is not English.

3. 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.

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

5. Who is Sir Charles's heir?
(a) Henry Baskerville.
(b) Hugo Baskerville.
(c) Harry Baskerville.
(d) Charles Baskerville II.

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

7. What does Watson hear coming from the moor?
(a) The baying of a hound.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) Someone screaming.
(d) A mysterious, sad moan.

8. In lieu of persuading Sir Henry to avoid Baskerville Hall, what does Holmes suggest?
(a) Holmes suggests that he himself act as bodyguard.
(b) Holmes sends Watson with Sir Henry for protection.
(c) Holmes suggests that Dr. Mortimer act as bodyguard.
(d) Holmes suggests that Sir Henry stay armed at all times.

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

10. Dr. Mortimer believes that, from the marks, Sir Charles had tip-toed throughout the gravel. What does Holmes deduce from those facts?
(a) Sir Charles was actually running.
(b) Dr. Mortimer is right.
(c) A woman followed Sir Charles outside.
(d) Sir Charles was stepping carefully.

11. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?
(a) The font.
(b) The color of the newsprint.
(c) He found the cut-up newspaper.
(d) The date was on one of the words.

12. How does Watson know Barrymore is lying?
(a) Watson notes that Mrs. Barrymore's eyes are red and swollen.
(b) Watson hears Barrymore tell his wife he heard the hound out on the moors.
(c) Barrymore inadvertently admits he was out in the halls the night before.
(d) Dr. Mortimer tells Watson about where Barrymore was the night Sir Charles died.

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

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

15. How does Holmes spend his time before meeting with Sir Henry in the afternoon following their first meeting?
(a) At the theater.
(b) Playing violin.
(c) In an art gallery.
(d) Smoking.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is following Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer when they leave Holmes and Watson's rooms?

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

5. Before the death of Sir Charles, what had appeared to people on the moor?

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