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

2. What is the name of the large police constable who Mary flatters when she stands by the fire, while Holmes, Lestrade, and the fingerprint expert examine the cab?
(a) Tom Fowler.
(b) Jack Miller.
(c) Bob Brown.
(d) Dave Fawcett.

3. What animal does Mary brake to avoid on the drive to Sussex?
(a) Badger.
(b) Dog.
(c) Deer.
(d) Sheep.

4. What music are Mary and Holmes listening to the evening after Mary spends time at the storage room and shopping?
(a) Bellini.
(b) Pollarolo and Scarlatti.
(c) da Ponte.
(d) Verdi and Puccini.

5. When the watchers leave Sussex and Holmes picks through the garbage they leave behind, where does Holmes learn that all the stuff came from?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Mary estimate the cab to be that she takes when she goes to meet Holmes after stopping at the storage room?

2. Who beat and colonized Palestine in the third millennium B.C.E.?

3. How much was a man offered to deliver a package to Lestrade's office?

4. What is the name of the library clerk who tells Mary at the end of Chapter 16 that the library is closing?

5. Where is Mrs. Hudson going to get away from the woman mastermind?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Holmes act when he and Mary go to the opera at Covent Gardens?

2. How does Holmes change after he returns from Palestine?

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

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

5. How did Holmes kill Professor James Moriarty?

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

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

8. 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?

9. Why has Miss Donleavy decided to deal with Holmes at this time in her life?

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

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