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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 manner of narration is used in Chapter 10?
(a) Letters to Dr. Mortimer.
(b) Letters to Holmes.
(c) Dr. Watson's journal entries.
(d) Dr. Mortimer's journal entries.

2. What do the men deduce happened to Stapleton?
(a) He escaped.
(b) He fell from a cliff.
(c) He was killed by the hound.
(d) He drowned in the Grimpen Mire.

3. Where do Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade situate themselves?
(a) By the Grimpen Mire.
(b) Near Lew Trenchard.
(c) Near Stapleton's house.
(d) Outside of Baskerville Hall.

4. According to Holmes and Watson's deductions, who must have sent the message of warning to Sir Henry in London?
(a) Frankland.
(b) Miss Stapleton.
(c) Dr. Mortimer.
(d) Stapleton.

5. Because of the convict and out of concern for the Stapletons, what did Sir Henry offer to them, which Stapleton turned down?
(a) The company of Perkins, Sir Henry's groom.
(b) The company of Sir Henry.
(c) The company of Barrymore.
(d) The company of Watson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Holmes lie about being in London to Watson?

2. What is Frankland wishing to celebrate?

3. Why did Mrs. Lyons wish to meet with Sir Charles on the night of his death?

4. In his correspondence with Holmes, what happens the previous night that rouses Watson's suspicion?

5. While searching for Selden on the moor, what frightens both Sir Henry and Watson?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the hound and the men mistake Selden for Sir Henry?

2. Why is Sir Henry upset with Watson and Holmes?

3. What is suspicious of Barrymore's behavior?

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

5. According to Mrs. Barrymore, how did Selden become the man he is?

6. What does Mrs. Stapleton reveal about her husband?

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

8. Why does Frankland file so many lawsuits?

9. Why was Holmes able to recognize Stapleton's features in Hugo Baskerville?

10. What does Watson believe about the supernatural possibilities of the hound?

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