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

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

3. What is unique about the case written about in this book?
(a) It was never solved.
(b) It was solved by someone else.
(c) It took longer than usual to solve.
(d) It was very unusual.

4. What wakes the narrator up at the beginning of this book?
(a) Holmes standing over his bed.
(b) A knock at the door.
(c) The chiming of the clock.
(d) The sound of breaking glass.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did the young lady's mother get every month after her husband died?

2. What does the big man bend with his bare hands?

3. How old does Holmes say his strange visitor is?

4. Why does Helen say she cannot be certain of what she heard in the hall that night?

5. What caused the narrator to decide to write about the case after so long?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the narrator waited so long to write this story, and why is he writing it now?

2. What does Holmes do as Dr. Roylott insults him in his house?

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

4. Why was Roylott sent to jail the first time?

5. What does Holmes do as he is driven out to the house, and what does this mean?

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

7. How does Sherlock Holmes respond to the woman's statement about when she can pay him?

8. When does the young lady say she will be able to pay Holmes, and why?

9. What did Grimesby Roylott do to earn money?

10. What did Holmes find out about Helen's mother's will?

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