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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though he is described as godless, what in particular made Hugo notorious?
(a) He beat a man to death for looking at him wrong.
(b) His scarred face.
(c) He frequently abandoned people for dead on the moor.
(d) His cruel humor.

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

3. How does Holmes go about his search for the cut-up newspaper?
(a) He hires a boy named Cartwright to bribe the postman.
(b) He hires a boy named Cartwright to search the wastepaper of each hotel in Charing Cross.
(c) Holmes sends Watson to check the wastepaper.
(d) Holmes checks the wastepaper himself.

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

5. Before the death of Sir Charles, what had appeared to people on the moor?
(a) A mysterious man on the moor.
(b) A carriage.
(c) Fog.
(d) The hound.

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.

11. How much is Sir Henry going to inherit from Sir Charles?
(a) Nearly half a million pounds.
(b) Nearly a million pounds.
(c) Several hundreds of pounds.
(d) Over two million pounds.

12. What does Watson observe that Sir Henry has inherited from his ancestors?
(a) The godlessness.
(b) The cruelty.
(c) The temper.
(d) The intelligence.

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

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

15. Where does chapter one take place?
(a) Canada.
(b) London.
(c) Devonshire.
(d) Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Watson's impression of Miss Stapleton?

2. What about the incident makes Dr. Mortimer most uneasy?

3. What does Holmes have Watson send up to him?

4. When Holmes and Watson arrive at the hotel, what does Sir Henry claim to have lost this time?

5. What does Dr. Mortimer read out loud to Watson and Holmes?

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