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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Homes and Mary agree to meet the evening after Watson's home is bombed?
(a) Jellicoe Gardens.
(b) Surrey Gardens.
(c) Covent Garden.
(d) Chelsea Gardens.

2. What does Mary want to study when she goes to university?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Theology.
(c) Music.
(d) History.

3. When does Mary turn eighteen?
(a) March 15, 1917.
(b) January 2, 1918.
(c) February 15, 1918.
(d) April 12, 1917.

4. Who is the bomber who set the bomb at Watson's home?
(a) Arthur Phillips.
(b) Martin Bryant.
(c) Peter Davidson.
(d) John Dickson.

5. What does Mary step on to get on the roof of the privy at the house where the kidnappers are staying?
(a) A step stool.
(b) A bucket.
(c) A wooden crate.
(d) A small ladder.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mary comes upon Holmes in gypsy disguise, what does he ask her to do while he is gone?

2. What is the name of Mary's tutor who helps her pass the exams for Oxford?

3. Besides Jessica Simpson, what else was missing on the morning that the little girl disappeared?

4. What is the name of the club that Mycroft Holmes helped found?

5. In the storage room, what type of shoes does Mary find that match a dress there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Holmes respond when Mary reveals that she is a girl?

2. Why does Mary leave the house early that April morning when she meets Holmes?

3. What does Mrs. Hudson serve Mary for tea during her first visit to Holmes's residence?

4. In the fourth town that Holmes and Mary visit when searching for Jessica, where do Holmes and Mary learn that Jessica is being held?

5. Why does the robbery of the Monk's Tun Inn, of all the cases she ever worked on, stand out in Mary's mind?

6. How do Mary and Holmes leave her room unobserved in Chapter 9?

7. Who inspires Mary and her haying crew to keep at their work?

8. Describe Holmes the day he and Mary meet.

9. Why does Holmes destroy the lock of Sylvester's kitchen door?

10. How do Mary and Holmes contact Mycroft when they arrive at the Diogenes Club?

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