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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 Applegate.
(b) Miss Maxwell.
(c) Miss Binns.
(d) Miss Sims.

2. Besides Jessica Simpson, what else was missing on the morning that the little girl disappeared?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her pullover.
(c) Her doll.
(d) Some of her clothes.

3. How old is the man who manages Mary's farm?
(a) 47.
(b) 52.
(c) 43.
(d) 56.

4. Where is Mrs. Hudson staying in December of 1918?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Lewes.
(c) Sheffield.
(d) Southampton.

5. Connor had arranged for the constable on guard to be called away from the Simpson's campsite. What time will he return?
(a) Eight o'clock.
(b) Nine o'clock.
(c) Seven o'clock.
(d) Five o'clock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the bomber who bombed Watson's home been convicted of bombing earlier?

2. What play does Mary act in during her first term at Oxford?

3. Who is waiting in Mary's room at the Thomas's when she returns on a wet, cold December evening in 1918?

4. Where does Chief Inspector Connor arrange to have a car drive Holmes and Mary so they can catch a train?

5. Where did Mary live in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why isn't Holmes pleased to be called in to investigate the Simpson kidnapping case?

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

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

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

5. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

6. Why doesn't Holmes believe that the person behind the kidnapping will ever be caught?

7. Describe Holmes the day he and Mary meet.

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

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

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

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