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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 Watson feeling coldly towards Frankland?
(a) He believes Frankland had a hand in Sir Charles's death.
(b) He disapproves of Frankland's abandonment of his daughter.
(c) He believes Frankland is the one stirring up rumors of the hound.
(d) He believes Frankland abused his daughter.

2. What state is Sir Henry left in after the attack and the truth about the Stapletons is revealed?
(a) Sir Henry becomes murderously angry.
(b) Sir Henry is in a vegetative state of shock.
(c) Sir Henry becomes deliriously ill from strain.
(d) Sir Henry is immensely relieved to be rid of them.

3. According to Mrs. Lyons, what did she do the night she was to meet with Sir Charles?
(a) She met with Sir Charles, but nothing happened.
(b) She was detained by a private matter and did not make the meeting.
(c) She was detained by a private matter, but sent a telegram to Sir Charles to not meet her.
(d) She met with Sir Charles and saw the hound.

4. How did Sir Charles hear about Mrs. Lyons's situation?
(a) Barrymore told him.
(b) Stapleton told him.
(c) Dr. Mortimer told him.
(d) Frankland told him.

5. While Sir Henry is inside Merripit House, what begins to happen that Holmes fears could disrupt their plan?
(a) It begins to rain.
(b) A windstorm brews.
(c) Lestrade begins to feel ill.
(d) The fog rolls in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Watson believe is the identity of the man on the moor?

2. What does Watson deduce about the candle?

3. Why did Stapleton tie up and gag his wife?

4. Who approaches Watson and Holmes after the discovery of the body on the moor?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What contributes to the dark mood around Baskerville Hall at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. Why does Frankland file so many lawsuits?

5. What does the hound look like?

6. What are Watson's fanciful impressions of the moor in his letter to Holmes?

7. What reason does Stapleton give for his objection to Sir Henry courting his sister?

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

9. How did Stapleton deceive Mrs. Lyons?

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

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