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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 is Sir Henry saddened at the thought of losing the Barrymores?
(a) He does not know how to serve himself.
(b) He believes it is his fault they are leaving.
(c) The Barrymores have served his family for generations.
(d) He thinks they are overreacting to Sir Charles's death.

2. What excites Sir Henry on the journey where he cries out in delight?
(a) He sees the moor people welcoming him to Baskerville Hall.
(b) He sees a herd of wild ponies running over the moor.
(c) He is excited to be back in Devonshire.
(d) He sees a beautiful woman.

3. How does Holmes go about his search for the cut-up newspaper?
(a) He hires a boy named Cartwright to bribe the postman.
(b) Holmes sends Watson to check the wastepaper.
(c) Holmes checks the wastepaper himself.
(d) He hires a boy named Cartwright to search the wastepaper of each hotel in Charing Cross.

4. How does Holmes spend his day after the departure of Dr. Mortimer and Watson?
(a) Drinking and thinking.
(b) Smoking and thinking.
(c) Playing violin and thinking.
(d) Doing cocaine and thinking.

5. How is Holmes able to deduce the size of Dr. Mortimer's dog?
(a) Holmes looks at the size and spacing of the teeth marks on the doctor's walking stick.
(b) Holmes sees the scratch marks on the bottom of the staff.
(c) Holmes guesses.
(d) Holmes sees marks of measurement on the walking stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first telegram to Holmes reveal?

2. Before the death of Sir Charles, what had appeared to people on the moor?

3. What is Stapleton's profession?

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

5. What does Watson hear coming from the moor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about Holmes's deduction that Sir Charles was actually running?

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

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

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

7. Why is Holmes disappointed in Dr. Mortimer?

8. How does Watson feel about Sir Henry?

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

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

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