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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the case about of the woman who referred the visitor to Holmes?
(a) Inheritance.
(b) A dog.
(c) Jewelery.
(d) A printing press.

2. Where did the narrator live when this case took place?
(a) Trafalgar Square.
(b) Baker Street.
(c) Cosgrove Place.
(d) Sussex Village.

3. What color is the strange visitor wearing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

4. What did Helen hear on the morning she went to see Sherlock Holmes?
(a) Maniacal laughter.
(b) A cranking wood sound.
(c) A metal clanging.
(d) A high whistling.

5. What was Julia wearing when she died?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A nightdress.
(c) A ball gown.
(d) A riding suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes say is the most important fact of Helen's description of Julia?

2. During what month does this book begin?

3. How does the narrator describe Holmes's deductive abilities?

4. How did Helen describe what came out of Julia's room while Helen was in the hall?

5. What wakes the narrator up at the beginning of this book?

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