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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 did Miss Donleavy consider blackmailing the cabby Billy?
(a) A scandal in his father's family.
(b) Indiscretions in his past.
(c) Incidents in his sister's past.
(d) A scandal in his mother's family.

2. How many letters does Mary have from Mrs. Hudson when she returns to the ship after the time in Palestine?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

3. What food does Mary smell when she arrives with Holmes at his house after the drive from Oxford?
(a) Apple pies.
(b) Meat pies.
(c) Roast lamb.
(d) Roast beef.

4. What does Mary do with Watson's trousers in Chapter 11?
(a) Destroys them.
(b) Takes them with her.
(c) Leaves them in the storage room.
(d) Leaves them checked.

5. After their chess game on board ship, when does Mary next speak with Holmes?
(a) At Hadera.
(b) At Jerusalem.
(c) At Jaffa.
(d) At Haifa.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What music are Mary and Holmes listening to the evening after Mary spends time at the storage room and shopping?

4. What is the name of the garage man who brings Mary her car in Chapter 17?

5. How far is Jerusalem from Acre?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How do Mary and Holmes create a sensation at Mary's lodgings in Chapter 17?

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

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