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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the bomber who bombed Watson's home been convicted of bombing earlier?
(a) Parliament.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) Empire Bank.
(d) A library.

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

3. Who is the police inspector who comes to check out the burglary at the inn?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Davis.
(c) Travis.
(d) Mitchell.

4. What is the name of the club that Mycroft Holmes helped found?
(a) Diogenes Club.
(b) Pyrrho Club.
(c) Aristophanes Club.
(d) Hericlitus Club.

5. When do Mrs. Hudson's letters to Mary at Oxford usually arrive?
(a) Tuesdays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Wednesdays.

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

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

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

9. From what direction do Mary and Holmes enter London in Chapter 8?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

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

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

12. From whose orchard are the some of the bees probably from?
(a) Mr. Warner's.
(b) Mr. Ryan's.
(c) Mr. Roberts's.
(d) Mr. White's.

13. Where did Senator Simpson grow up?
(a) Colorado.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Texas.
(d) Utah.

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

15. Which one of Mrs. Barker's dogs does Mary take to try to sniff out the burglar who stole the food from the inn?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Justinian.
(c) Nero.
(d) Augustus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food did the burglar take from the inn?

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

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

4. Who is the bomber who set the bomb at Watson's home?

5. When Mary comes upon Holmes in gypsy disguise, what does he ask her to do while he is gone?

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