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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assures Watson that the hound is mortal?
(a) Holmes was able to wound it.
(b) He hears it breathing.
(c) Lestrade is able to call to it.
(d) He sees it make impressions in the earth.

2. Why is Watson upset at Holmes's deception?
(a) Watson believes his careful reports to Holmes have been a waste of time.
(b) Watson believes Holmes was in grave danger.
(c) Watson believes Sir Henry was put at a higher risk by Holmes's deception.
(d) Watson believes that Holmes's deception allowed the villain to get away.

3. What does Barrymore tell Watson about the mysterious man on the moor?
(a) Selden reports that the man is a foreigner.
(b) Selden sees a young woman frequently going to vsiti the man with supplies.
(c) Selden had informed his brother-in-law that the man has a young boy bringing him what he needs.
(d) Selden believes he is an appartion.

4. Who is the man on the moor?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) Stapleton.
(c) Dr. Mortimer.
(d) Sir Charles.

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

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

7. How did Barrymore make the discovery of why Sir Charles went to the gate the night he died?
(a) Mrs. Barrymore found the charred remains of a letter.
(b) Barrymore followed Sir Charles to the gate.
(c) Mrs. Barrymore made plans to help Sir Charles to the gate.
(d) Barrymore overheard a conversation with Sir Charles.

8. Who is the man that was killed on the moor?
(a) Dr. Mortimer.
(b) Barrymore.
(c) Selden.
(d) Stapleton.

9. Why is Barrymore angry after Sir Henry and Watson learn the truth of his strange behavior?
(a) Sir Henry refuses to allow the Barrymores to leave for London.
(b) No one believes him when he tells them of the hound.
(c) He believes they were rude to his wife.
(d) He does not believe Watson and Sir Henry should have hunted after Selden.

10. What does Watson witness when he follows Sir Henry?
(a) Watson sees a pony sink into the Grimpen Mire.
(b) Watson sees an encounter between Sir Henry and Miss Stapleton, which is interrupted by Stapleton.
(c) Watson sees Sir Henry being stalked by the hound.
(d) Watson sees Frankland watching them on his telescope.

11. What does Mrs. Barrymore confess?
(a) The escaped convict is her brother.
(b) They inadvertently led Sir Charles to his death.
(c) Her husband is cheating on her.
(d) She is cheating on her husband.

12. What false theory does Watson give Stapleton about how the man died?
(a) Watson says that the man shot himself.
(b) Watson says the man intentionally jumped in the Grimpen Mire.
(c) Watson says the man likely fell days earlier and died from exposure.
(d) Watson says that the man probably snapped from anxiety and exposure to the elements and ran off the cliff.

13. According to Barrymore, what is the plan for Selden?
(a) Selden will leave for France in a week.
(b) Selden will assume a new identity in Wales.
(c) Selden will leave in a few days for South America.
(d) Selden will live alone on the moor.

14. What was spread over the hound to give it a ghoulish look?
(a) Ink.
(b) Oil.
(c) Phosphorous.
(d) Swamp water.

15. According to Watson, what is one of Holmes's faults?
(a) Holmes underestimates everyone around him.
(b) Holmes is too vain.
(c) Holmes can be lazy.
(d) Holmes never tells anyone his plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What revelation upsets Laura Lyons?

2. What does Stapleton do when he visits Baskerville Hall after Watson has followed Sir Henry?

3. Because of the convict and out of concern for the Stapletons, what did Sir Henry offer to them, which Stapleton turned down?

4. What do Sir Henry and Watson do to entrap Barrymore?

5. What does Watson deduce about the candle?

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