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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. Who approaches Watson and Holmes after the discovery of the body on the moor?
(a) Dr. Mortimer.
(b) Selden.
(c) Stapleton.
(d) Barrymore.

2. Who is bringing Holmes supplies at the hut?
(a) Sir Henry.
(b) Cartwright.
(c) Lestrade.
(d) Anthony.

3. After hearing a man scream on the moor, what do Watson and Holmes hear next?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) A carriage rattling behind them.
(c) The baying of the hound.
(d) A woman sobbing.

4. What had Stapleton falsely promised Mrs. Lyons?
(a) He promised to help her pursue a suit with Sir Henry.
(b) He promised to give her Baskerville Hall.
(c) He promised to marry her after she was granted a divorce.
(d) He promised to help her leave the country.

5. To whom does this statement apply: "Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him" ?
(a) Barrymore.
(b) Stapleton.
(c) Selden.
(d) Frankland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has excited Dr. Mortimer?

2. How did Barrymore make the discovery of why Sir Charles went to the gate the night he died?

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

4. According to Holmes and Watson's deductions, who must have sent the message of warning to Sir Henry in London?

5. What revelation upsets Laura Lyons?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the hound look like?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are Watson's impressions of the mysterious figure he sees on the tor?

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

10. Why does Frankland file so many lawsuits?

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