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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. After leaving Frankland's manor, where does Watson go?
(a) He goes to the spot where he saw the boy.
(b) He goes to the Fox Tor to search for Sir Henry.
(c) He goes back to Baskerville Hall.
(d) He goes to the Grimpen Mire.

2. What does Holmes's discovery of the portrait reveal?
(a) Hugo never existed.
(b) Stapleton is a Baskerville.
(c) Sir Charles is still alive.
(d) Sir Henry is not a Baskerville.

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

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

5. What has excited Dr. Mortimer?
(a) He found a prehistoric skull on an excavation.
(b) He found gold in the soil.
(c) He found evidence of the hound.
(d) He found where the convict is hiding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Sir Henry begins his walk home?

2. How does the hound die?

3. Who is bringing Holmes supplies at the hut?

4. What false theory does Watson give Stapleton about how the man died?

5. What is the deal Stapleton strikes with Sir Henry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Frankland file so many lawsuits?

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

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

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

5. What does the hound look like?

6. How did Stapleton deceive Mrs. Lyons?

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

8. What is Mrs. Lyons's relationship to Sir Charles?

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

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

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