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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 many years of Holmes's life does he say he loses during the drive from Oxford to Sussex?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

2. What was Mary's mother's name?
(a) Mary McCarthy.
(b) Irene Boyle.
(c) Rebekah Stein.
(d) Judith Klein.

3. Which cab has Holmes instructed Mary to take after she has spent time in the storage room?
(a) The green cab.
(b) The fourth cab.
(c) The third cab.
(d) The yellow cab.

4. Who beat and colonized Palestine in the third millennium B.C.E.?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Akkadians.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Greeks.

5. How does Miss Donleavy want Holmes laboratory to be lit?
(a) The electrical lights.
(b) Lanterns.
(c) Candles.
(d) Oil lamps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is floating near the pier in the river where Holmes and Mary board a boat in Chapter 12?

2. How much weight has Mary lost since January?

3. What is the relationship between the two men who guide Mary and Holmes around Palestine?

4. Where had John Dickson been working before he bombed Watson's house?

5. How many Roman numerals do Holmes and Mary see in a picture of the shredded cab seats?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What impression of Holmes does the suicide note give that Miss Donleavy wrote for Holmes?

3. What does Holmes see when he arrives at the laboratory in his home and lights a lamp?

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

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

6. How does Mary put an end to the impatient grumbles from the uniformed police who are waiting for Holmes and Lestrade to finish examining the crime scene in and around the cab?

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

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

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

10. What does Mary find of interest when she examines the cab?

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