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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. How far is the walk to Holmes's residence when Mary goes to his home for the first time?
(a) Five miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Four miles.
(d) Three miles.

2. What is the name of the constable at the inn where the burglary takes place?
(a) PC Vickers.
(b) PC Rogers.
(c) PC Bryant.
(d) PC Williams.

3. What is the name of the first term in the Oxford calendar?
(a) Hilary term.
(b) Wiley term.
(c) Michaelmas term.
(d) Trinity term.

4. Where did Senator Simpson grow up?
(a) Utah.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Texas.

5. Which one of Mrs. Barker's dogs does Mary take to try to sniff out the burglar who stole the food from the inn?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Nero.
(c) Justinian.
(d) Augustus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the year when Mary meets Holmes?

2. Who is the police inspector who comes to check out the burglary at the inn?

3. What beverages did the burglar take from the inn?

4. From what direction do Mary and Holmes enter London in Chapter 8?

5. In Chapter 8 when Holmes makes coffee for Mary, what traces of a substance remain in the beaker that he uses?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Holmes and Mary entertain wherever they go in Wales when they are dressed as gypsies?

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

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

4. What happens during the robbery of the Monk's Tun?

5. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

6. What do Holmes and Mary find when they are walking a trail they think the kidnappers might have taken?

7. How does Mary determine that the blind man selling pencils is someone in disguise looking for her and for Holmes?

8. How does Watson determine where Mary and Holmes are after Mary calls and tells him to leave his home?

9. In Chapter 2, why can Mary hear the sound of angry queens?

10. What does Holmes say when Mary asks if he minds if she looks into the burglary at the inn?

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