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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lyons credit to Sir Charles?
(a) Sir Charles helped her procure her divorce.
(b) Sir Charles helped her start her business and kept her on her feet.
(c) Sir Charles single-handedly saved the church from going under.
(d) Sir Charles dispelled the rumors going around about her.

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

3. How did the man found on the moor die?
(a) He sank into the Grimpen Mire.
(b) He was chased off a cliff.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was trampled by a Devonshire pony.

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

5. According to the letter to Holmes, what is the status on the escaped convict?
(a) The convict will likely be caught soon.
(b) The convict has likely escaped the area.
(c) The convict will likely turn himself in to escape the inhospitable moor.
(d) The convict has probably died out on the moors.

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

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

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

9. In his gratitude for Sir Henry's decision about Selden, what does Barrymore reveal to Sir Henry and Watson?
(a) Sir Charles was at the gate to meet a woman.
(b) Sir Charles was protecting Mrs. Barrymore.
(c) Sir Charles knew he was going to die.
(d) Sir Charles was hoping to confront the hound head-on.

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

11. Why did Mrs. Lyons wish to meet with Sir Charles so secretly?
(a) She did not want to face Barrymore.
(b) She wanted to avoid a scandal by meeting privately with a bachelor.
(c) She wanted to keep her friendship with Sir Charles secret from her father.
(d) She wanted to keep her relationship a secret from her estranged husband.

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

13. What possible motive for Barrymore's strange behavior does Watson surmise?
(a) Watson wonders if Barrymore is trying to find the hound himself.
(b) Watson wonders if Barrymore is cheating on his wife.
(c) Watson wonders if Barrymore is trying to distract him.
(d) Watson wonders if Barrymore is attempting to rob Sir Henry.

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

15. Why is Watson feeling coldly towards Frankland?
(a) He believes Frankland had a hand in Sir Charles's death.
(b) He believes Frankland abused his daughter.
(c) He believes Frankland is the one stirring up rumors of the hound.
(d) He disapproves of Frankland's abandonment of his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Holmes and Watson's deductions, who must have sent the message of warning to Sir Henry in London?

2. After leaving Frankland's manor, where does Watson go?

3. Why is Barrymore angry after Sir Henry and Watson learn the truth of his strange behavior?

4. Why is Watson glad to see Holmes after going to the stone hut?

5. In what matter is everyone in Baskerville Hall on the wrong side of the law?

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