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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 do when Barrymore refuses to answer his questions?
(a) He strikes Barrymore.
(b) He threatens to tell everyone Barrymore is the murderer.
(c) He cuts Barrymore's pay.
(d) He fires Barrymore.

2. In his gratitude for Sir Henry's decision about Selden, what does Barrymore reveal to Sir Henry and Watson?
(a) Sir Charles was hoping to confront the hound head-on.
(b) Sir Charles knew he was going to die.
(c) Sir Charles was protecting Mrs. Barrymore.
(d) Sir Charles was at the gate to meet a woman.

3. After learning that Mrs. Barrymore answered the telegram for her husband, what does Watson observe about the lady?
(a) She appears to be very frightened at the story of the hound.
(b) She appears to not have a care in the world.
(c) She appears to be very ill.
(d) She appears to be in a deep sorrow of mysterious origin.

4. What does Mrs. Lyons credit to Sir Charles?
(a) Sir Charles dispelled the rumors going around about her.
(b) Sir Charles helped her procure her divorce.
(c) Sir Charles helped her start her business and kept her on her feet.
(d) Sir Charles single-handedly saved the church from going under.

5. What revelation upsets Laura Lyons?
(a) Sir Charles is still alive.
(b) Frankland is not her father.
(c) Stapleton is married.
(d) Sir Henry is related to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Frankland spend his time when at home?

2. According to Mrs. Lyons, what did she do the night she was to meet with Sir Charles?

3. What does Barrymore tell Watson about the mysterious man on the moor?

4. In what matter is everyone in Baskerville Hall on the wrong side of the law?

5. What is Mr. Frankland's favorite pastime?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Holmes survive all those weeks on the moor?

2. Why is Watson hurt about Holmes's deception?

3. Why did Barrymore not tell anyone about the burnt letter?

4. What is suspicious of Barrymore's behavior?

5. What are Watson's impressions of the stone hut?

6. What does the hound look like?

7. What are Holmes's instructions to Cartwright and why is it significant?

8. What is the arrangement between Selden and the Barrymores, and how did it come to be?

9. Why does Watson refer to Mr. Frankland as much needed "comic relief?"

10. What happens when Sir Henry walks out of Stapleton's house?

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