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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sir Henry saddened at the thought of losing the Barrymores?
(a) The Barrymores have served his family for generations.
(b) He believes it is his fault they are leaving.
(c) He thinks they are overreacting to Sir Charles's death.
(d) He does not know how to serve himself.

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

3. How does Holmes trick the hotel clerk into talking about guests who have checked in after Sir Henry?
(a) Holmes claims to recognize the names and was wondering if they were friends of his.
(b) Holmes makes the clerk think he is asking about Sir Henry's relatives.
(c) Holmes distracts him while Watson looks at the registry.
(d) Holmes asks about Sir Henry.

4. How does Holmes describe the walking stick?
(a) A rude gesture.
(b) A visiting card from the absent-minded.
(c) The mark of a careless, untrustworthy man.
(d) A present.

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

6. What is Watson's impression of Miss Stapleton?
(a) He finds her off-putting.
(b) He finds her to be beautiful and out of place.
(c) He finds her to be very humorous.
(d) He finds her to be very plain and sturdy.

7. How did Dr. Mortimer deduce that Sir Charles had stood at the gate for five to ten minutes?
(a) He watched Sir Charles the night he died.
(b) He noticed that cigar ash had dropped twice.
(c) Sir Charles's watch had been smashed.
(d) Sir Charles marked time with pebbles.

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

9. What dangerous place on the moor has claimed the lives of several people and animals?
(a) Fox Tor.
(b) The Grimpen Mire.
(c) The Green Tor.
(d) Devon Mire.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How does Holmes spend his day after the departure of Dr. Mortimer and Watson?
(a) Smoking and thinking.
(b) Playing violin and thinking.
(c) Doing cocaine and thinking.
(d) Drinking and thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though he is described as godless, what in particular made Hugo notorious?

2. What do Sir Henry, Dr. Mortimer, and Watson discover as they travel to the moor?

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

4. What does Sir Henry plan to do to the yew bridge?

5. What health concern, exacerbated by the story of the hound, did Sir Charles possess?

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