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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4: Chapter 19, Return Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary throw at Miss Donleavy?
(a) A book.
(b) An ink bottle.
(c) A lantern.
(d) A beaker.

2. What is floating near the pier in the river where Holmes and Mary board a boat in Chapter 12?
(a) A dog's body.
(b) An old boot.
(c) A dead fish.
(d) A cat's body.

3. In December of 1918, what does Holmes give Mary as an early birthday present?
(a) A locket.
(b) Earrings.
(c) A set of picklocks.
(d) A magnifying glass.

4. What color paint spots are on the bees that Holmes and Mary watch?
(a) Red and blue.
(b) Green and pink.
(c) Yellow and white.
(d) Purple and yellow.

5. What is the name of the monograph that Holmes wrote about footprints?
(a) Deciphering Footprints.
(b) Footprints and What They Reveal.
(c) Forty-Seven Methods of Concealing One's Trail.
(d) Using Footprints to Cover a Trail.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Miss Donleavy consider blackmailing the cabby Billy?

2. How much was a man offered to deliver a package to Lestrade's office?

3. When was the toggle detonator used by John Dickson manufactured?

4. Where had the kidnappers been instructed to purchase clothing?

5. What was Mary's mother's name?

(see the answer key)

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