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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Chapter 10, The Problem of the Empty House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What awakens Mary at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) A street hawker.
(b) A runaway horse.
(c) A noisy car.
(d) Voices in the street.

2. What is in the background of a photo of Jessica Simpson that is given to Holmes and Mary?
(a) Lilacs.
(b) Roses.
(c) Lilies.
(d) Daisies.

3. What is the nationality of the couple whose daughter was kidnapped?
(a) French.
(b) British.
(c) German.
(d) American.

4. In Chapter 8 when Holmes makes coffee for Mary, what traces of a substance remain in the beaker that he uses?
(a) Arsenic.
(b) Sulphur.
(c) Castor oil.
(d) Camphor.

5. Why does Mary have to stay at Oxford for a few days after the end of the term before Christmas, 1918?
(a) She has an oral presentation to give.
(b) She has to make up a tutoring session.
(c) She has an essay to finish.
(d) She has an experiment to finish.

Short Answer Questions

1. After catching the burglar who robbed the inn, what does Mary have to eat at the inn?

2. In 1917, what had Holmes and Mary done on Christmas day?

3. 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?

4. How tall is Mary after she attains her full height?

5. What is the name of the club that Mycroft Holmes helped found?

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