View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between the two men who guide Mary and Holmes around Palestine?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Uncle and nephew.
(d) Brothers.

2. When Holmes and Mary discuss where to go to stay away from the mastermind behind the bombings and other attacks, how long does Holmes say it has been since he had a vacation?
(a) Five years.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Ten years.

3. Where does Mary wear a bandage after she and Holmes return to the ship after their time in Palestine?
(a) On her leg.
(b) Across one cheek.
(c) On her forehead.
(d) On her arm.

4. Where did Captain Jones spend January?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Portugal.

5. To what part of Holmes's house do Mary and he go when they get to the house after the drive from Oxford?
(a) Laboratory.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Parlor.
(d) A guest bedroom.

6. What is the name of the monograph that Holmes wrote about footprints?
(a) Footprints and What They Reveal.
(b) Using Footprints to Cover a Trail.
(c) Deciphering Footprints.
(d) Forty-Seven Methods of Concealing One's Trail.

7. What animal does Mary brake to avoid on the drive to Sussex?
(a) Dog.
(b) Badger.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Deer.

8. How old does Mary estimate the cab to be that she takes when she goes to meet Holmes after stopping at the storage room?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Thirty years.

9. What does Mary throw at Miss Donleavy?
(a) An ink bottle.
(b) A book.
(c) A beaker.
(d) A lantern.

10. Where is Mary shot after she struggles with Miss Donleavy?
(a) Hip.
(b) Leg.
(c) Shoulder.
(d) Arm.

11. What time do Mary and Holmes get into a ship's boat and are taken ashore in Palestine?
(a) One a.m.
(b) Five a.m.
(c) Two a.m.
(d) Six a.m.

12. How many cars are used to follow Mary when she drives to Sussex?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

13. What is the subject of the autographed monograph that Miss Donleavy stole from a police commissioner?
(a) Footprints.
(b) Blood types.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) Bicycle tires.

14. How is Holmes disguised at the beginning of Chapter 17?
(a) As an old priest.
(b) As a nun.
(c) As a gypsy.
(d) As an old woman.

15. How does Mary explain who Holmes is to Mr. Thomas when Holmes is disguised as a priest?
(a) She says that he is her grandfather's brother.
(b) She says that he is her mother's uncle.
(c) She says that he is a distant relative.
(d) She says he is an old family friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, what direction does the captain of the boat that carries Holmes and Mary change to at night fall?

2. What does Holmes give Mary to drink when she awakens from a nightmare on board the ship?

3. What story did Mary and her mother read a year after reading about Judith and Holofernes?

4. What does Miss Donleavy wear at her throat when she confronts Holmes and Mary?

5. What music does Mary hear at a concert she attends with a young man?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 509 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample