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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mrs. Lyons wish to meet with Sir Charles on the night of his death?
(a) She was hoping that he would propose to her.
(b) She was hoping that he would give his blessing to her divorce.
(c) She wished to warn him.
(d) She needed his help and he was going to be away to London for a long time.

2. 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 dispelled the rumors going around about her.
(d) Sir Charles single-handedly saved the church from going under.

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

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

5. How did Holmes know it was Watson in his hut?
(a) His footprints.
(b) He watched Watson all the way from Frankland's manor.
(c) His cigarette stub.
(d) He heard Watson mumbling to himself.

6. Who approaches Watson and Holmes after the discovery of the body on the moor?
(a) Barrymore.
(b) Selden.
(c) Dr. Mortimer.
(d) Stapleton.

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

8. On the moor, what does Watson find himself unable to do?
(a) Reassure Sir Henry that the hound is not real.
(b) Shoot the unarmed convict.
(c) Go further into the Grimpen Mire.
(d) Leave a hurt animal behind.

9. What is the deal Stapleton strikes with Sir Henry?
(a) Henry will allow Stapleton to inspect the grounds every night for signs of the hound.
(b) Henry will allow Miss Stapleton to accompany him on a trip to London.
(c) Henry will build a friendship with Miss Stapleton for three months, after which he will be allowed to start wooing her.
(d) Henry will go with Stapleton on a moth-catching expedition so that he might get to know his sister's suitor better.

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

11. How did Sir Charles hear about Mrs. Lyons's situation?
(a) Frankland told him.
(b) Barrymore told him.
(c) Dr. Mortimer told him.
(d) Stapleton told him.

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

13. What has excited Dr. Mortimer?
(a) He found gold in the soil.
(b) He found where the convict is hiding.
(c) He found a prehistoric skull on an excavation.
(d) He found evidence of the hound.

14. What does Watson believe is the identity of the man on the moor?
(a) Stapleton on the hunt for moths.
(b) Barrymore sneaking out to see his brother-in-law.
(c) The convict.
(d) The man who followed Sir Henry in London.

15. Why does Sir Henry decide that they must go capture Selden?
(a) Selden is a dangerous, violent murderer.
(b) He wants the reward money.
(c) He wants to get back at the Barrymores.
(d) He believes that the Stapletons are in danger from Selden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes's discovery of the portrait reveal?

2. How does the hound die?

3. According to Mrs. Lyons, what did she do the night she was to meet with Sir Charles?

4. Where do Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade situate themselves?

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

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