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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Holmes begin devising puzzles for Mary?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

4. What color tie is Holmes wearing with a gypsy disguise?
(a) Green.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

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

6. Where do Homes and Mary agree to meet the evening after Watson's home is bombed?
(a) Chelsea Gardens.
(b) Surrey Gardens.
(c) Covent Garden.
(d) Jellicoe Gardens.

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

8. How many days does it take Holmes and Mary to travel past the roadblock leading to the Simpson's campsite?
(a) Two days.
(b) One day.
(c) Three days.
(d) Four days.

9. What is Jessica's rag doll's name after the kidnapping?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Mary.
(d) Mae.

10. How old is Mary when she meets Holmes?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fourteen.

11. Connor had arranged for the constable on guard to be called away from the Simpson's campsite. What time will he return?
(a) Eight o'clock.
(b) Nine o'clock.
(c) Seven o'clock.
(d) Five o'clock.

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

13. 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?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One month.
(d) Two months.

14. What color clay does Mary find in the carpet at the inn?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

15. What is the name of Mrs. Barker's maid?
(a) Rebecca Smythe.
(b) Sylvia Jacobs.
(c) Anna Wright.
(d) Deborah Cochran.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the police inspector who comes to check out the burglary at the inn?

3. Which of Holmes's enemies does Mary jokingly say that the mastermind behind the bombings appears to be like?

4. When had the bomber who bombed Watson's home been convicted of another bombing?

5. In Chapter 8 when Holmes makes coffee for Mary, what traces of a substance remain in the beaker that he uses?

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