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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the man who manages Mary's farm?
(a) 52.
(b) 43.
(c) 47.
(d) 56.

2. What do Mary, Holmes, and Mycroft eat at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Roast capon.
(b) Leg of lamb.
(c) Cold turkey breast.
(d) Roast beef.

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

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

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

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

7. Where did Mary live in the United States?
(a) Oregon.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Arizona.
(d) California.

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

9. What play does Mary act in during her first term at Oxford?
(a) Cyrano de Bergerac.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Taming of the Shrew.
(d) Macbeth.

10. How many German spies did Holmes and Mary help capture when they helped Mrs. Barker?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Nine.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seven.

11. Who was Holmes working for in 1888 when he was defeated by Irene Adler?
(a) The Crown Prince of France.
(b) King of Bohemia.
(c) The Prince of Wales.
(d) King of Monaco.

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

13. What does Mary cook for breakfast the morning she and Holmes are near the campsite?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Bacon.

14. When had the bomber who bombed Watson's home been convicted of another bombing?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1908.

15. Where do Mary and Holmes stay the first night on their journey to investigate the kidnapping?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Leeds.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Manchester.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Mrs. Hudson's letters to Mary at Oxford usually arrive?

2. In December of 1918, what does Holmes give Mary as an early birthday present?

3. Where is Senator Simpson getting the money for his daughter's ransom?

4. How many days does it take Holmes and Mary to travel past the roadblock leading to the Simpson's campsite?

5. When is Watson's home bombed?

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