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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Helen hear when she left her room on the night her sister died?
(a) Metallic clanging.
(b) Sobbing.
(c) Creaking wood.
(d) Maniacal laughter.

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

3. What did Helen's mother's income fall to after her death?
(a) $500 a month.
(b) $1,250 a month.
(c) $750 a month.
(d) $1,000 a month.

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

5. How did the young lady's butler die?
(a) He caught a fever.
(b) He was poisoned.
(c) He was beaten to death.
(d) He was drowned.

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

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

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

9. Who does Holmes think killed Julia?
(a) Her fiance.
(b) Roylott.
(c) A gypsy.
(d) Julia.

10. What kept the young lady awake on the night her twin died?
(a) The roaring of animals.
(b) A tapping on her door.
(c) A storm.
(d) The singing of the gypsies.

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

12. What did the young lady say caused her step-father's violent anger?
(a) A viscious past.
(b) His greed and laziness.
(c) Family genes.
(d) Paranoid tendencies.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about the case written about in this book?

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

3. What does Helen have to do before she can return to the house?

4. What color is the strange visitor wearing at the beginning of the book?

5. Who is the large man who comes to see Holmes?

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