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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first term in the Oxford calendar?
(a) Wiley term.
(b) Michaelmas term.
(c) Hilary term.
(d) Trinity term.

2. What color are Mary's eyes?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

3. What does Mary step on to get on the roof of the privy at the house where the kidnappers are staying?
(a) A bucket.
(b) A step stool.
(c) A small ladder.
(d) A wooden crate.

4. In Chapter 10, who is watching the Diogenes Club looking for Mary and Holmes?
(a) A woman selling flowers.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A blind man selling pencils.
(d) A newspaper boy.

5. Where had the kidnappers been instructed to purchase clothing?
(a) Port Talbot.
(b) Penarth.
(c) Cardiff.
(d) Cwmbran.

6. What language does Mary read and write?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

7. Where does Mrs. Hudson's son live?
(a) Germany.
(b) Australia.
(c) Spain.
(d) France.

8. What is the brooch set with that Holmes gives Mary for her birthday?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Emeralds.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Sapphires.

9. Who is waiting in Mary's room at the Thomas's when she returns on a wet, cold December evening in 1918?
(a) Watson.
(b) An old lady.
(c) Mary's aunt.
(d) Holmes.

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

11. What does Mary want to study when she goes to university?
(a) Music.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Theology.
(d) History.

12. How many brands of cigarettes and cigars can Mary recognize from their ashes?
(a) 57.
(b) 112.
(c) 95.
(d) 122.

13. What is the year when Mary meets Holmes?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1912.

14. Where is Mary planning to go for Christmas in 1918?
(a) Margaret Bryant's home.
(b) Veronica Beaconfield's home.
(c) Catharine Whitfield's home.
(d) Jane DelaField's home.

15. How tall is Mary after she attains her full height?
(a) Five feet, ten inches.
(b) Five feet, eleven inches.
(c) Five feet, two inches.
(d) Five feet, five inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nationality of the couple whose daughter was kidnapped?

2. What had the bomber who bombed Watson's home been convicted of bombing earlier?

3. What is the name of the constable at the inn where the burglary takes place?

4. What is the name of Mary's tutor who helps her pass the exams for Oxford?

5. Who was Holmes working for in 1888 when he was defeated by Irene Adler?

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