View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of fabric is attached to a button Mary finds when she examines the wrecked cab for clues?
(a) Piece of red calico fabric.
(b) Piece of cotton fabric.
(c) Brown tweed fabric.
(d) Piece of black wool fabric.

2. What is the name of the library clerk who tells Mary at the end of Chapter 16 that the library is closing?
(a) Mr. Douglas.
(b) Mr. Smythe.
(c) Mr. Williams.
(d) Mr. Jones.

3. What does Holmes smell of when he returns from running errands after the package of clothing is delivered to the Yard?
(a) Opium.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Sewage.

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

5. Why is Mary late for tea at Holmes's home when she comes in March?
(a) Mary's car broke down on the road.
(b) A farm cart is overturned on the road.
(c) A farmer is herding sheep across the road.
(d) A farmer is herding cows across the road.

6. What composer does Holmes mention at the end of Chapter 13 when he and Mary are discussing frenzied gaiety and weeping put to music?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Bach.
(d) Rachmaninoff.

7. How many years ago did Holmes kill Professor James Moriarty?
(a) Twenty five.
(b) Twenty seven.
(c) Twenty eight.
(d) Twenty nine.

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

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

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

11. What was Mary's mother's name?
(a) Irene Boyle.
(b) Rebekah Stein.
(c) Mary McCarthy.
(d) Judith Klein.

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

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

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

15. What is the name of the cab driver of the cab that Holmes drives on the night that he and Mary attend the opera at Covent Gardens?
(a) Mack.
(b) Bob.
(c) Billy.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What base does Mary use to crack the code of the Roman numerals left on the seat of the wrecked cab?

2. What does Mary do with Watson's trousers in Chapter 11?

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

4. Where does Mary wear a bandage after she and Holmes return to the ship after their time in Palestine?

5. Where does Mary reluctantly go on a picnic in the spring at Oxford?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 525 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample