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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the last time that the ladies' restroom in the park had been cleaned?
(a) About eight p.m.
(b) Eleven a.m.
(c) Eight a.m.
(d) About five p.m.

2. How old was Miss Donleavy when Holmes became her hobby?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty one.

3. What do Mary and Holmes plan to do after listening to music when they meet again after Mary has been at the storage room?
(a) Go back to Mycroft's club.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Find hotel rooms.
(d) Go back to Oxford.

4. 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) Thirty years.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Fifteen years.

5. Which of Mary's tutors are absent when she returns to Oxford after being in Palestine?
(a) Maths and Greek tutors.
(b) Science and English tutors.
(c) Latin and Music tutors.
(d) History and Classics tutors.

6. Who is the only person who sees through Mary's disguise in Palestine and knows that she was a woman?
(a) A Bedouin woman.
(b) A fisherwoman.
(c) An archeologist.
(d) A Palestinian professor.

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

8. How far is Jerusalem from Acre?
(a) Twenty miles.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) Eighty miles.
(d) Seventy miles.

9. How did Miss Donleavy consider blackmailing the cabby Billy?
(a) A scandal in his mother's family.
(b) Incidents in his sister's past.
(c) A scandal in his father's family.
(d) Indiscretions in his past.

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

11. Where does Mary keep the envelope that Holmes gives her when she visits?
(a) In the Bodleian.
(b) In her rooms.
(c) In a safe.
(d) On her person.

12. After their chess game on board ship, when does Mary next speak with Holmes?
(a) At Jerusalem.
(b) At Jaffa.
(c) At Hadera.
(d) At Haifa.

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

14. How does Miss Donleavy want Holmes laboratory to be lit?
(a) Lanterns.
(b) Candles.
(c) The electrical lights.
(d) Oil lamps.

15. What is the name of the garage man who brings Mary her car in Chapter 17?
(a) Jack.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Bob.
(d) Mick.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do Mary and Holmes drink cold, sour lemonade?

2. Where did Professor James Moriarty die?

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

4. When was the last time that Mary saw the pair of shoes that are in the package of clothing delivered to Scotland Yard?

5. What is the name of the library clerk who tells Mary at the end of Chapter 16 that the library is closing?

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