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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 far is Jerusalem from Acre?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Eighty miles.
(c) Seventy miles.
(d) Twenty miles.

2. How much was a man offered to deliver a package to Lestrade's office?
(a) Three guineas.
(b) Two guineas.
(c) Four pence.
(d) Six pence.

3. What color hair does Mary find in the wrecked cab?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. 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) London.
(d) Liverpool.

5. How long has does Holmes tell Mary that he has dealt with the criminal mind?
(a) Forty five years.
(b) Thirty five years.
(c) Forty years.
(d) Thirty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color clay does Mary find in the wrecked cab?

2. What is the subject of the autographed monograph that Miss Donleavy stole from a police commissioner?

3. Where did the relative live who left John Dickson an inheritance?

4. What does Miss Donleavy wear at her throat when she confronts Holmes and Mary?

5. How does Mary explain who Holmes is to Mr. Thomas when Holmes is disguised as a priest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mary think when she sees Miss Donleavy in Holmes's laboratory?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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