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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. What is the name of Mary's tutor who helps her pass the exams for Oxford?
(a) Miss Binns.
(b) Miss Maxwell.
(c) Miss Applegate.
(d) Miss Sims.

2. Where did Mary live in the United States?
(a) California.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Arizona.

3. How many days does it take Holmes and Mary to travel past the roadblock leading to the Simpson's campsite?
(a) Two days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Three days.
(d) One day.

4. 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) Justinian.
(b) Augustus.
(c) Nero.
(d) Caesar.

5. Who is waiting in Mary's room at the Thomas's when she returns on a wet, cold December evening in 1918?
(a) Watson.
(b) An old lady.
(c) Mary's aunt.
(d) Holmes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mrs. Hudson staying in December of 1918?

2. What language does Mary read and write?

3. Connor had arranged for the constable on guard to be called away from the Simpson's campsite. What time will he return?

4. Where were the Simpsons on holiday when their daughter was kidnapped?

5. How many German spies did Holmes and Mary help capture when they helped Mrs. Barker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mary disgruntled on a filthy, bitterly wet night in December of 1918?

2. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

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

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

5. Why does Mary hesitate to enter her room at the Thomas's in Chapter 8?

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

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

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

9. Describe Holmes the day he and Mary meet.

10. Why does Holmes, rather than Mary, go back to get reinforcements after they discover that Sylvester robbed the inn?

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