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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holmes pull over his face while he travels to the house?
(a) His scarf.
(b) His hand.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His hat.

2. What does Holmes think caused the metal clanging sound?
(a) The shuttered window.
(b) Some crawling in the air ducts.
(c) A mechanical device.
(d) The bars in the chimney.

3. How does the visitor describe Holmes's ability to know so much about her without her saying anything?
(a) Plain clues.
(b) Psychic abilities.
(c) Acute observance.
(d) Really good guesses.

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

5. What kind of expression does Watson say is on the face of the man who comes to see Holmes?
(a) Evil.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Dull.
(d) Beligerant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the young lady say caused her step-father's violent anger?

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

3. How did the young lady's mother die?

4. What did Helen think Julia's last words referred to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Aside from the money and the estate, what was the other legacy handed down to the Roylott men?

2. What did Helen think her sister died from?

3. What is worrying Helen about her engagement?

4. How is the narrator wakened at the beginning of this story?

5. What does Holmes notice on Helen's wrist, and what is said after this discovery?

6. What happened to the Roylott fortune?

7. What did Helen's mother's will say?

8. Who are Roylott's only friends?

9. What does Holmes ask of Watson after Helen leaves, and how does Watson respond?

10. What does Watson say is his keenest pleasure in life?

(see the answer keys)

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