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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 is the object left behind on which Watson tries to deduce a reconstruction of the mysterious owner?
(a) A boot.
(b) A hat.
(c) A walking stick.
(d) A notebook.

2. When questioned by Sir Henry about the strange sound in the night, what lie does Barrymore tell?
(a) He lies about his wife crying the night before.
(b) He lies about where he was the night Sir Charles died.
(c) He lies about whether he has heard the hound or not.
(d) He lies about having been wandering the halls the night before.

3. Dr. Mortimer believes that, from the marks, Sir Charles had tip-toed throughout the gravel. What does Holmes deduce from those facts?
(a) Sir Charles was actually running.
(b) A woman followed Sir Charles outside.
(c) Sir Charles was stepping carefully.
(d) Dr. Mortimer is right.

4. 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) He frequently abandoned people for dead on the moor.
(c) His scarred face.
(d) His cruel humor.

5. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?
(a) Hugo killed the daughter of a yeoman.
(b) Hugo sent a man to die in Grimpen Mire.
(c) Hugo kidnapped the daughter of a yeoman.
(d) Hugo killed a gypsy's dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hugo's captive escape?

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

3. After questioning Dr. Mortimer about the discovery of Sir Charles's body, what is Holmes annoyed about?

4. How does Holmes describe the walking stick?

5. While Watson is in Baskerville Hall, what is the only thing he is to report to Holmes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is dangerous about the Grimpen Mire?

5. Why is Holmes disappointed in Dr. Mortimer?

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

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

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

9. Based on Watson's examination of the walking-stick, how does he describe Dr. Mortimer?

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

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