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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose hair did Miss Donleavy leave at the crime scenes?
(a) Her brother's.
(b) Her own.
(c) Her father's.
(d) Her mother's.

2. What seems to be Ali and Mahmoud's staple diet in Palestine?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Soured milk.
(c) Goat's meat.
(d) Rice and lentils.

3. What is the name of the large police constable who Mary flatters when she stands by the fire, while Holmes, Lestrade, and the fingerprint expert examine the cab?
(a) Tom Fowler.
(b) Dave Fawcett.
(c) Bob Brown.
(d) Jack Miller.

4. How many letters does Mary have from Mrs. Hudson when she returns to the ship after the time in Palestine?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. How many Roman numerals do Holmes and Mary see in a picture of the shredded cab seats?
(a) Six.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Nine.

6. What part of Holmes's disguise falls to the floor when Mary and Holmes embrace?
(a) False nose.
(b) Beard and eyebrow.
(c) Glass eye.
(d) Wig and glasses.

7. Who is the fingerprint expert that Lestrade will have go over the Billy's cab looking for fingerprints?
(a) Robert McFeeley.
(b) Burnell McCubbins.
(c) Ronald MacReedy.
(d) Alastair McBride.

8. What type of dog does one of Mary's followers walk while Mary is having tea on the road to Eastbourne?
(a) Collie.
(b) Dalmatian.
(c) Poodle.
(d) Bulldog.

9. What color clay does Mary find in the wrecked cab?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pinkish-orange.
(c) Light brown.
(d) Red.

10. With whom do Mary and Holmes drink cold, sour lemonade?
(a) A high-ranking army officer.
(b) A Bedouin sheikh.
(c) A lady at an embassy.
(d) Jews in a Zionist settlement.

11. How many of Holmes's London hideaways did Miss Donleavy find?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

12. Which cab has Holmes instructed Mary to take after she has spent time in the storage room?
(a) The green cab.
(b) The yellow cab.
(c) The third cab.
(d) The fourth cab.

13. What food does Mary smell when she arrives with Holmes at his house after the drive from Oxford?
(a) Roast lamb.
(b) Roast beef.
(c) Meat pies.
(d) Apple pies.

14. What do Mary and Holmes drink while they wait for the boat to pick them up at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Tamarind juice.
(b) Apricot juice.
(c) White tea.
(d) Mint tea.

15. When was the toggle detonator used by John Dickson manufactured?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1903.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Mary explain who Holmes is to Mr. Thomas when Holmes is disguised as a priest?

3. How many years of Holmes's life does he say he loses during the drive from Oxford to Sussex?

4. What composer does Holmes mention at the end of Chapter 13 when he and Mary are discussing frenzied gaiety and weeping put to music?

5. How does Miss Donleavy want Holmes laboratory to be lit?

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