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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Chapter 5, The Vagrant Gypsy Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught Mary to throw well?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) A friend.

2. Where is Senator Simpson getting the money for his daughter's ransom?
(a) A loan from his aunt.
(b) A loan from his father.
(c) A loan from his sister.
(d) A loan from his brother.

3. What book had Holmes written about bees?
(a) A Practical Handbook of Bee Culture.
(b) The Apiary Arts.
(c) The Queen.
(d) The Beehive.

4. What play does Mary act in during her first term at Oxford?
(a) Cyrano de Bergerac.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Taming of the Shrew.
(d) Macbeth.

5. What is the name of the constable at the inn where the burglary takes place?
(a) PC Vickers.
(b) PC Rogers.
(c) PC Williams.
(d) PC Bryant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breed are some of the Barkers' dogs?

2. How long after the Monk's Tun case does a case come to Mary and Holmes that puts the Monk's Tun case in perspective?

3. What color are Mary's eyes?

4. Who does Patrick say is robbed in July 1918?

5. How many brands of cigarettes and cigars can Mary recognize from their ashes?

(see the answer key)

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