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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take Mary to catch up on the school work she missed while she was in Palestine?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Four weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

2. In Chapter 13, what direction does the captain of the boat that carries Holmes and Mary change to at night fall?
(a) North.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) West.

3. What does Mary do with Watson's trousers in Chapter 11?
(a) Takes them with her.
(b) Leaves them in the storage room.
(c) Destroys them.
(d) Leaves them checked.

4. What is floating near the pier in the river where Holmes and Mary board a boat in Chapter 12?
(a) An old boot.
(b) A dead fish.
(c) A dog's body.
(d) A cat's body.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. When Mary was in Palestine, how much time did she miss at Oxford?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Twelve weeks.
(c) Nearly a month.
(d) About two months.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is the fingerprint expert that Lestrade will have go over the Billy's cab looking for fingerprints?

3. When was the toggle detonator used by John Dickson manufactured?

4. After arriving in England on the ship from Palestine, how long is it before Mary sees Holmes again?

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

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