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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Watson find in the stone hut that pertains to him?
(a) He finds a note that details his whereabouts for the day.
(b) He finds his brand of cigarettes.
(c) He finds his letters to Holmes.
(d) He finds his old overcoat.

2. 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.

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

4. Why did Stapleton tie up and gag his wife?
(a) She was going to run away.
(b) She was going to try to kill Sir Henry herself.
(c) She tried to kill her husband.
(d) To prevent her from warning Sir Henry.

5. What does Holmes's discovery of the portrait reveal?
(a) Stapleton is a Baskerville.
(b) Hugo never existed.
(c) Sir Charles is still alive.
(d) Sir Henry is not a Baskerville.

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

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

8. 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) He was worried for Holmes's safety.
(c) The case is beginning to overwhelm Watson.
(d) He believes he is being followed.

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

10. Where does Stapleton take Sir Henry and Watson in Chapter 8?
(a) The place where the convict is believed to have been last seen.
(b) Hound's Tor.
(c) The area where, according to the story, Hugo Baskerville was killed.
(d) The Grimpen Mire.

11. After hearing a man scream on the moor, what do Watson and Holmes hear next?
(a) A carriage rattling behind them.
(b) A woman sobbing.
(c) The baying of the hound.
(d) Gunshots.

12. What instructions does Holmes give Cartwright?
(a) Cartwright is to send for Lestrade.
(b) Cartwright is to tail Sir Henry.
(c) Cartwright is to take Mrs. Stapleton to safety.
(d) Cartwright is to go to London and send a telegram to Sir Henry in Holmes's name.

13. What sort of dog is the hound?
(a) Part great dane and part greyhound.
(b) English sheepdog.
(c) Pure great dane.
(d) Part mastiff and bloodhound.

14. After learning that Mrs. Barrymore answered the telegram for her husband, what does Watson observe about the lady?
(a) She appears to be very frightened at the story of the hound.
(b) She appears to not have a care in the world.
(c) She appears to be very ill.
(d) She appears to be in a deep sorrow of mysterious origin.

15. Because of the convict and out of concern for the Stapletons, what did Sir Henry offer to them, which Stapleton turned down?
(a) The company of Perkins, Sir Henry's groom.
(b) The company of Watson.
(c) The company of Sir Henry.
(d) The company of Barrymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Watson feeling coldly towards Frankland?

2. What false theory does Watson give Stapleton about how the man died?

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

4. Who is bringing Holmes supplies at the hut?

5. How is Chapter 8 narrated?

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