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

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

3. What do Watson and Stapleton see at the bog-hole?
(a) A boot.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A hound.
(d) A pony is slowly sinking into the mire.

4. What newspaper does Holmes find the original newsprint from?
(a) The previous day's Devonshire Times.
(b) The current London TImes.
(c) The current Devonshire Times.
(d) The previous day's London Times.

5. What does Holmes have Watson send up to him?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Brandy.
(d) His violin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though he is described as godless, what in particular made Hugo notorious?

2. What does Watson hear coming from the moor?

3. What is the address of the rooms that Watson and Holmes share?

4. What word is the only one not taken from a newspaper with Sir Henry's object?

5. What dangerous place on the moor has claimed the lives of several people and animals?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the letter being made up of words from the London Times?

4. What three leads turn out to be dead-ends for this case?

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

6. What is Hugo's evil act, as relayed in the manuscript?

7. What is dangerous about the Grimpen Mire?

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

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

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

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