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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 does Holmes give Mary to drink when she awakens from a nightmare on board the ship?
(a) Milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Water.
(d) Brandy.

2. How long does Holmes want himself and Mary to disappear to try to get the female mastermind off their trail?
(a) One month.
(b) Four months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three months.

3. Where does Mary wear a bandage after she and Holmes return to the ship after their time in Palestine?
(a) On her arm.
(b) Across one cheek.
(c) On her forehead.
(d) On her leg.

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

5. How long does it take Mary to catch up on the school work she missed while she was in Palestine?
(a) Four weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much weight has Mary lost since January?

2. What type of dog does one of Mary's followers walk while Mary is having tea on the road to Eastbourne?

3. Why is Mary late for tea at Holmes's home when she comes in March?

4. After arriving in England on the ship from Palestine, how long is it before Mary sees Holmes again?

5. What do Mary and Holmes plan to do after listening to music when they meet again after Mary has been at the storage room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How will Mrs. Hudson be protected when she returns to care for Holmes's house in Sussex?

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

3. Describe the cab after it is destroyed and the cab driver choloroformed.

4. 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?

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

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

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

8. Describe what Mary does and says when she sees Jerusalem for the first time.

9. How does Mary change the spring after she returns from Palestine?

10. Why is Mary worried about pretending to be alienated from Holmes?

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