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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What music are Mary and Holmes listening to the evening after Mary spends time at the storage room and shopping?
(a) Verdi and Puccini.
(b) Bellini.
(c) da Ponte.
(d) Pollarolo and Scarlatti.

2. How many cars are used to follow Mary when she drives to Sussex?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

3. 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?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Twenty five years.

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

5. What music does Mary hear at a concert she attends with a young man?
(a) Brahms.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Beethoven.
(d) Verdi.

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

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

8. Where is Mary shot after she struggles with Miss Donleavy?
(a) Leg.
(b) Shoulder.
(c) Arm.
(d) Hip.

9. Who beat and colonized Palestine in the third millennium B.C.E.?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Akkadians.

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

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

12. What does Miss Donleavy wear at her throat when she confronts Holmes and Mary?
(a) A silver locket.
(b) A strand of pearls.
(c) A gold chain and locket.
(d) A scarf.

13. How much weight has Mary lost since January?
(a) Seven pounds.
(b) Five pounds.
(c) Four pounds.
(d) Six pounds.

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

15. Where did the relative live who left John Dickson an inheritance?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who screams when she sees Holmes and Mary running down the hall and down the stairs at Mary's lodgings?

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

4. What story did Mary and her mother read a year after reading about Judith and Holofernes?

5. Which cab has Holmes instructed Mary to take after she has spent time in the storage room?

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