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

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

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

4. Why did the narrator take so long to write about this case?
(a) He made a promise of secrecy.
(b) He forgot about it.
(c) He never had time to write about it.
(d) He was unsure if people would believe it.

5. What caused the narrator to decide to write about the case after so long?
(a) He has more time on his hands.
(b) The woman he made the promise to had died.
(c) People are doubting Holmes's abilities.
(d) His wife asked him to.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things does Holmes tell Watson to pack for their trip?

2. Why did the amount of Helen's mother's income fall after her death?

3. What wakes the narrator up at the beginning of this book?

4. Where were the step-father's cigars imported from?

5. How did the young lady's butler die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Julia wearing and holding when she died?

3. What happened to the Roylott fortune?

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

5. How did Julia die?

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

7. Who are Roylott's only friends?

8. What did Helen hear when she left her room after hearing Julia scream?

9. What caused Helen to come to Sherlock Holmes on that day?

10. What does Holmes think caused the metal clanging sound that Helen heard?

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