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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the twins always keep their windows tightly locked?
(a) To keep the animals out.
(b) To keep the wind out.
(c) To feel safer on the ground floor.
(d) To keep their step-father out.

2. Who does Holmes ask for an opinion on the case?
(a) Watson.
(b) His housekeeper.
(c) Helen.
(d) A local officer.

3. What does Holmes say when Helen finishes her story?
(a) We haven't a moment to lose.
(b) We can help you, and soon.
(c) You should have come sooner.
(d) This is all so confusing.

4. How did the young lady's mother die?
(a) In childbirth.
(b) She fell out a window.
(c) She was attacked by dogs.
(d) In a railway accident.

5. How often did Helen say Julia used the rope hanging from the ceiling in her room?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Never.
(c) All the time.
(d) Once a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Watson describe the countryside as he and Holmes travel through it?

2. How does Helen feel when she hears that Roylott followed her to Holmes's house?

3. What caused the bruising on Helen?

4. What does the narrator say he gets his greatest pleasure from?

5. What does Holmes say the insults of the man make him feel about the case?

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