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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Holmes has Watson focus solely on the face in the portrait, what does Watson see?
(a) Sir Charles and Hugo look identical.
(b) Stapleton looks exactly like Hugo.
(c) Frankland looks exactly like Hugo.
(d) Barrymore looks exactly like Hugo.

2. Why is Watson glad to see Holmes after going to the stone hut?
(a) He is scared to walk back to Baskerville Hall alone.
(b) The case is beginning to overwhelm Watson.
(c) He was worried for Holmes's safety.
(d) He believes he is being followed.

3. What is Sir Henry to do while at dinner with the Stapletons?
(a) He is to tell Mrs. Stapleton of Mrs. Lyons.
(b) He is to tell them that Sherlock Holmes died on the moors.
(c) He is to tell them that he is walking home alone.
(d) He is to ask Mrs. Stapleton to marry him.

4. What sort of business did the people on the moor help L.L. set up?
(a) A veterinarian clinic.
(b) A branch of a legislative firm.
(c) A typewriting business.
(d) A dogbreeding business.

5. Why did Holmes lie about being in London to Watson?
(a) He did not want Watson to inadvertently reveal to the enemy that he was there.
(b) He was afraid for Watson's safety.
(c) He knew Watson would tell Sir Henry.
(d) He did not trust Watson.

6. Why is the woman who wrote the letter to Sir Charles estranged from her family?
(a) She divorced her husband.
(b) She did not wish to be a traditional housewife.
(c) She married without her father's consent.
(d) She had a child out of wedlock.

7. After Watson tells Holmes about his conversation with Laura Lyons, what does Holmes reveal to his partner about Miss Stapleton?
(a) She is actually Stapleton's wife.
(b) She is actually Stapleton's daughter.
(c) She is the murderer.
(d) She is Frankland's daughter.

8. Who is bringing Holmes supplies at the hut?
(a) Lestrade.
(b) Cartwright.
(c) Sir Henry.
(d) Anthony.

9. What does Watson deduce about the candle?
(a) He realizes it is a signal.
(b) He realizes that Barrymore is using it to burn letters.
(c) He realizes that Barrymore is plotting to burn down Baskerville Hall.
(d) He realizes that Barrymore is merely trying to write in secret at night.

10. What does Watson keep hearing from the moor?
(a) A train.
(b) The baying of a hound.
(c) A man screaming.
(d) A woman sobbing.

11. What does Stapleton do when he visits Baskerville Hall after Watson has followed Sir Henry?
(a) Stapleton apologizes for his rudeness to Sir Henry in regards to his sister.
(b) Stapleton attempts to pay Sir Henry to leave for London.
(c) Stapleton strikes Sir Henry for talking to his sister.
(d) Stapleton tries to hire the Barrymores away from Sir Henry.

12. What do the men deduce happened to Stapleton?
(a) He drowned in the Grimpen Mire.
(b) He fell from a cliff.
(c) He was killed by the hound.
(d) He escaped.

13. To whom does this statement apply: "Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him" ?
(a) Frankland.
(b) Stapleton.
(c) Selden.
(d) Barrymore.

14. According to Mrs. Lyons, what did she do the night she was to meet with Sir Charles?
(a) She met with Sir Charles, but nothing happened.
(b) She was detained by a private matter and did not make the meeting.
(c) She met with Sir Charles and saw the hound.
(d) She was detained by a private matter, but sent a telegram to Sir Charles to not meet her.

15. What does Frankland show Watson on his telescope?
(a) Watson sees the hound.
(b) Watson sees the young boy delivering food to the man on the moor.
(c) Watson sees the man on the moor.
(d) Watson sees Sir Henry out by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives from London to help Holmes?

2. What was spread over the hound to give it a ghoulish look?

3. What does Watson find in the stone hut that pertains to him?

4. What happens when Sir Henry begins his walk home?

5. What is the deal Stapleton strikes with Sir Henry?

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