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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When the watchers leave Sussex and Holmes picks through the garbage they leave behind, where does Holmes learn that all the stuff came from?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) London.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Birmingham.

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?
(a) Bach.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Rachmaninoff.
(d) Mozart.

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) A guest bedroom.
(d) Parlor.

6. What does Miss Donleavy say that Holmes and Mary look like when she confronts them?
(a) A pair of donkeys.
(b) A pair of sheep.
(c) A pair of idiots.
(d) A pair of turkeys.

7. 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.

8. How many years of Holmes's life does he say he loses during the drive from Oxford to Sussex?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Ten.

9. Who screams when she sees Holmes and Mary running down the hall and down the stairs at Mary's lodgings?
(a) Dianne.
(b) Jane.
(c) Ronnie.
(d) Alice.

10. What do the Roman numerals spell that were slashed into the seat of the wrecked cab?
(a) Moriarty.
(b) Russell.
(c) Death.
(d) Holmes.

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

12. After arriving in England on the ship from Palestine, how long is it before Mary sees Holmes again?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Six weeks.

13. 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) Bulldog.
(d) Poodle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Mary's tutors are absent when she returns to Oxford after being in Palestine?

2. How long does Holmes want himself and Mary to disappear to try to get the female mastermind off their trail?

3. How many cars are used to follow Mary when she drives to Sussex?

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

5. After their chess game on board ship, when does Mary next speak with Holmes?

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