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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Holmes change his mind about Sir Henry going to Baskerville Hall?
(a) Holmes knows now that Sir Henry is being followed in London.
(b) Holmes realizes that Baskerville Hall is not dangerous.
(c) Holmes realizes Sir Henry will not get any work done in London.
(d) Sir Henry announces that he plans to tear down Baskerville Hall.

2. What does Miss Stapleton tell Watson when she first meets him on the moor?
(a) She tells him to return to London.
(b) She tells him she knows who killed Sir Charles.
(c) She tells him she is going to kill herself in three nights.
(d) She tells him she knows Sherlock Holmes is around.

3. What impression does Watson have of Baskerville Hall in the morning in Chapter 7?
(a) He finds it much lighter and more cheerful.
(b) He finds it to be just as gloomy as the night before.
(c) He finds that he does not care for it very much.
(d) He finds it to be singularly unattractive.

4. What does Sir Henry plan to do to the yew bridge?
(a) Make it a memorial to Sir Charles.
(b) Open it up for the public.
(c) Tear it down.
(d) Install electric lights to dispel the gloom.

5. Though he is described as godless, what in particular made Hugo notorious?
(a) He beat a man to death for looking at him wrong.
(b) His cruel humor.
(c) He frequently abandoned people for dead on the moor.
(d) His scarred face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the actual reason for Dr. Mortimer's consultation with Holmes?

2. What about the incident makes Dr. Mortimer most uneasy?

3. Who does Dr. Mortimer say has a beard like the man that was following them?

4. How does Watson know Barrymore is lying?

5. Why is Sir Henry saddened at the thought of losing the Barrymores?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Watson feel about Sir Henry?

2. Why did Dr. Mortimer advise Sir Charles to go to London?

3. Why is the reappearance of Sir Henry's brown boot a mystery?

4. What is the relationship between Sir Charles and Dr. Mortimer?

5. What is the significance of the strange discovery by Sir Charles's body?

6. What is Stapleton's theory about how Sir Charles died?

7. Why is Dr. Mortimer concerned about Sir Henry's safety?

8. Why does Holmes want Watson to report only the facts to him?

9. Sir Henry uses the term "dime novel" to suggest his feelings on the whole matter. What does this say about Sir Henry?

10. What was wrong with Holmes's deductions of Dr. Mortimer?

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