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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the motivation for the murder in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery?"

2. What is the name of the female in "A Scandal in Bohemia?"

3. Where did Elias Openshaw briefly live?

4. In "The Five Orange Pips," what happens to the ship, the Lone Star?

5. What is Watson doing when he receives a telegram from Holmes in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Doyle ends "The Five Orange Pips" with no real resolution?

2. Doyle typically uses a character from a foreign land in his stories. Describe how he uses this in "The Five Orange Pips".

3. Describe the mystery in "A Case of Identity".

4. What characteristics of a Holmes mystery are included in "A Case of Identity"?

5. How does "The Five Orange Pips" end?

6. In "The Red-Headed League", why does Holmes want to look at Spaulding's knees?

7. In "A Case of Identity", why does Windbanks masquerade as Angel?

8. How does Miss Sutherland come into a large sum of money in "A Case of Identity?"

9. Describe the objective of "The Red-Headed League".

10. What is Turner's motive for killing McCarthy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which short story is your favorite? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the irony found in "The Man with the Twisted Lip."

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Doyle's writing style, particularly his use of monologue to describe action sequences. How effective is telling about an action sequence rather than describing it as it happens?

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