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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Helen living in Julia's room at this time?
(a) Repairs are being done in her room.
(b) Her step-father has moved into her own room.
(c) Her window is broken.
(d) She wants to put Julia in the past.

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

3. What was the occupation of the man who wanted to marry the young lady's twin?
(a) Writer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Salesman.

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

5. What time in the morning did Julia hear strange whistling noises?
(a) 3:00 am.
(b) 5:00 am.
(c) 2:00 am.
(d) 4:00 am.

6. What did Helen think Julia's last words referred to?
(a) Something she had eaten.
(b) Dr. Roylott.
(c) A specter.
(d) A gypsie's garb.

7. How does the narrator describe Holmes's deductive abilities?
(a) Incredible.
(b) Far too advanced for his own good.
(c) Almost magical.
(d) Sly and cunning.

8. Why did the amount of Helen's mother's income fall after her death?
(a) There was a drop in agricultural prices.
(b) There was a drop in military salaries.
(c) There were less people to sustain on the income.
(d) There was a penalty for Roylott's imprisonment.

9. What is the last name of the young lady's step-father?
(a) Royton.
(b) Roylott.
(c) Ryner.
(d) Ryans.

10. How many wings of the step-father's estate are inhabitable?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

11. What is the occupation of the narrator?
(a) Police officer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Writer.
(d) Actor.

12. Where will Roylott be all day on the say Helen comes to Holmes?
(a) At the house.
(b) In town.
(c) With the gypsies.
(d) At a tavern.

13. What were Julia's last words?
(a) Why oh why?
(b) It was him.
(c) The whistling.
(d) Speckled band.

14. Where does Holmes see bruises on Helen?
(a) Her fingers.
(b) Her face.
(c) Her wrists.
(d) Her ankles.

15. How many entrances were there into Julia's room?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the twins always keep their windows tightly locked?

2. Who referred the strange visitor to Sherlock Holmes?

3. How much money would Julia have gotten had she been wed?

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

5. Why did the coroner review Julia's death so thoroughly?

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