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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 was the whistling sound for?
(a) Keeping the snake calm.
(b) Sending the snake off.
(c) Rewarding the snake.
(d) Getting the snake to come back.

2. When is Roylott expected back at the house on the day Holmes gets there?
(a) Noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Evening.
(d) The next morning.

3. What does Holmes say will happen if Watson falls asleep in Julia's room?
(a) They could die.
(b) They will miss their chance.
(c) They will endanger Helen.
(d) They will be caught.

4. What does Holmes tell Helen to do to protect herself from Roylott when he returns from town?
(a) Keep a fire in her hearth.
(b) Never be alone with him.
(c) Arm herself.
(d) Lock her door.

5. What did the coroner's office miss while examining Julia's body?
(a) The puncture wounds.
(b) The swollen fingers.
(c) The blackening of her tongue.
(d) Her dilated pupils.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed Julia?

2. Why does Holmes say he knows he can defeat Roylott?

3. What does Holmes say he will NOT feel much of about Roylott's death?

4. What does Holmes like to smoke when he is thinking?

5. What does Holmes hit the bell pull with when the whistling sound begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Roylott's bedroom described?

2. What about this crime did Holmes say was the most evil part?

3. What does Holmes put on the bed before he puts the lamp out in Julia's room?

4. What happens when Holmes tries to open the window to Julia's room from the outside?

5. What killed Julia and Roylott?

6. What does Holmes chastise himself for when he begins to tell Watson about how he solved the case?

7. What did Roylott look like when Watson got into his bedroom?

8. What was heard just after Holmes hit at the bell pull?

9. What did the authorities decide after investigating Roylott's death?

10. What was Helen told to do after she got news of her step-father's death?

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