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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Holmes describe the state of his visitor at the beginning of this book?
(a) Agitated.
(b) Angry.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Depressed.

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

3. How did the big man get to Holmes's house?
(a) He used the business card Holmes had passed out.
(b) He asked a policeman.
(c) He read a map.
(d) He followed Helen.

4. Who does Holmes see walking along the path to the house?
(a) Helen.
(b) The big man.
(c) A gypsy.
(d) Helen's fiance.

5. What came out of Julia's room when Helen was in the hall?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A baboon.
(c) A gypsy.
(d) Her step-father.

6. What does Holmes say Julia must have done just before she ran into the hall?
(a) Opened her window.
(b) Drank some alcohol.
(c) Took off her clothes.
(d) Lit a match to see something.

7. Why does Helen say she cannot be certain of what she heard in the hall that night?
(a) Her mind was on her sister.
(b) There are so many doors in that great house.
(c) She was so frightened.
(d) There was a storm outside.

8. What does the young lady think intensified her step-father's violent tendencies?
(a) Living in the tropics.
(b) The untimely death of her mother.
(c) His time in the military.
(d) Living in poverty.

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

10. Who are the young lady's step-father's only friends?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Wandering salesmen.
(c) Policemen.
(d) Soldiers.

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

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

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

14. How much money did the young lady's mother get every month after her husband died?
(a) 500 pounds.
(b) 750 pounds.
(c) 250 pounds.
(d) 1,000 pounds.

15. How old does Holmes say his strange visitor is?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the strange visitor say is making her shake?

2. What was Julia holding in her hand when she died?

3. Where will Roylott be all day on the say Helen comes to Holmes?

4. What does Holmes pull over his face while he travels to the house?

5. Where does Holmes plan to go to research for this case?

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