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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 does Mary reluctantly go on a picnic in the spring at Oxford?
(a) Farmers' Wood.
(b) Prior's Wood.
(c) Phillips' Hill.
(d) Boar's Hill.

2. In Chapter 13, what direction does the captain of the boat that carries Holmes and Mary change to at night fall?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.

3. How old does Mary estimate the cab to be that she takes when she goes to meet Holmes after stopping at the storage room?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Twenty five years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Twenty years.

4. What do Mary and Holmes drink while they wait for the boat to pick them up at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) Mint tea.
(b) Tamarind juice.
(c) Apricot juice.
(d) White tea.

5. How old was Mary's brother when he died?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mary's brother when he learned to read?

2. What seems to be Ali and Mahmoud's staple diet in Palestine?

3. What do the Roman numerals spell that were slashed into the seat of the wrecked cab?

4. How does Miss Donleavy want Holmes laboratory to be lit?

5. What is the name of the cab driver of the cab that Holmes drives on the night that he and Mary attend the opera at Covent Gardens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary's driving affect Holmes as they drive toward Sussex?

2. What vital piece of evidence does Holmes miss when he examines the parcel, note, and clothing that are delivered to the Yard for Mary?

3. How does Holmes get to Oxford without anyone knowing he is not home?

4. How does Mary decipher the meaning of the Roman numerals that were left in the wrecked cab?

5. How did Holmes kill Professor James Moriarty?

6. What is in a package that is delivered to the front desk of Scotland Yard in Chapter 12?

7. In a story Mary tells, what does Judith do to save her people from Holofernes?

8. What are three possibilities that may explain the intentions of the mastermind behind the bombings and attacks upon Mary, Holmes, Watson, and the cab?

9. How does Mary become aware that she is being followed two weeks before the end of the term?

10. Why does Mary need a car, and how will she get the money for one?

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