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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Watson say Holmes is doing while he covers his face on the trip to the house?
(a) Practicing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Planning.
(d) Concentrating.

2. What does the narrator say he gets his greatest pleasure from?
(a) Helping women in distress.
(b) Meeting new people.
(c) Following Holmes's cases.
(d) Writing.

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

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

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

6. Why was the Chimney not a valid entrance into Julia's room?
(a) The flu was shut.
(b) It was barred.
(c) It had been filled in.
(d) There was a great fire burning.

7. How many bedrooms are located on the ground floor of the estate?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

9. What was Julia holding in her hand when she died?
(a) A match.
(b) A wine goblet.
(c) A letter opener.
(d) A Bible.

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

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

12. How does the big man describe himself before he leaves?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Possessive.
(d) Passionate.

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

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

15. How does Watson describe the countryside as he and Holmes travel through it?
(a) Dreary.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Muddy.
(d) Soggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Helen hear on the morning she went to see Sherlock Holmes?

2. What is the occupation of the narrator?

3. How did the big man get to Holmes's house?

4. Who does Watson think was with Julia when was in her room?

5. What were Julia's last words?

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