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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Watson's home bombed?
(a) Nine p.m.
(b) Shortly after midnight.
(c) Three a.m.
(d) Shortly before dawn.

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

3. What breed are some of the Barkers' dogs?
(a) Dalmatians.
(b) Cocker Spaniels.
(c) Yorkshire terriers.
(d) Great Danes.

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

5. What is the month when Mary meets Holmes?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) April.

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

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

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

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

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

11. How much money did Sylvester steal?
(a) Forty guineas.
(b) Fifteen guineas.
(c) Twenty five guineas.
(d) Thirty guineas.

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

13. In the storage room, what type of shoes does Mary find that match a dress there?
(a) High-heeled blue satin shoes.
(b) Scarlet satin sandals with four-inch heels.
(c) High-heeled black satin shoes.
(d) Green satin slippers with low heels.

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

15. 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) One month.
(d) Five weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mary step on to get on the roof of the privy at the house where the kidnappers are staying?

3. In Chapter 10, who is watching the Diogenes Club looking for Mary and Holmes?

4. What color are Mary's eyes?

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

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