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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. 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 Sherlock Holmes is around.
(c) She tells him she is going to kill herself in three nights.
(d) She tells him she knows who killed Sir Charles.

2. Why do Barrymore and his wife wish to leave Baskerville Hall?
(a) They like Sir Henry, but do not wish to serve someone who is not English.
(b) They are shaken up by the death of Sir Charles.
(c) They have a better opportunity with another household.
(d) They do not care for Sir Henry.

3. What does Sir Henry receive the morning he meets Holmes?
(a) A walking stick.
(b) A bank note.
(c) A letter.
(d) A telegram from Canada.

4. What is Sir Henry's opinion of Baskerville Hall?
(a) He finds it to be stifling.
(b) He finds it cheerful.
(c) He finds it gloomy.
(d) He finds it to be too big.

5. How does Holmes trick the hotel clerk into talking about guests who have checked in after Sir Henry?
(a) Holmes asks about Sir Henry.
(b) Holmes makes the clerk think he is asking about Sir Henry's relatives.
(c) Holmes claims to recognize the names and was wondering if they were friends of his.
(d) Holmes distracts him while Watson looks at the registry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does chapter one take place?

2. How is Holmes able to deduce the size of Dr. Mortimer's dog?

3. How much is Sir Henry going to inherit from Sir Charles?

4. How does Holmes spend his day after the departure of Dr. Mortimer and Watson?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the point of sending a telegram to Barrymore?

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

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

4. How did Holmes and Watson lose the cab that was following Sir Henry?

5. Why does Watson say that Sir Henry appears to have inherited the Baskerville temper?

6. What is significant about the fact that Mrs. Barrymore received the telegram instead of her husband?

7. What are Holmes's deductions of Dr. Mortimer from his walking-stick, and how did he arrive at them?

8. How does Watson feel about Sir Henry?

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

10. Why is Holmes disappointed in Dr. Mortimer?

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