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

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

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

4. Where did the mud come from that Holmes and Mary find at the scene of the wrecked cab and in the ladies' restroom in the park?
(a) Bond Street.
(b) Baker Street.
(c) Oxford Street.
(d) Regent Street.

5. How much weight has Mary lost since January?
(a) Seven pounds.
(b) Five pounds.
(c) Six pounds.
(d) Four pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many letters does Mary have from Mrs. Hudson when she returns to the ship after the time in Palestine?

2. When Holmes and Mary discuss where to go to stay away from the mastermind behind the bombings and other attacks, how long does Holmes say it has been since he had a vacation?

3. Who is the only person who sees through Mary's disguise in Palestine and knows that she was a woman?

4. What story did Mary and her mother read a year after reading about Judith and Holofernes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Where were some places that Mary and Holmes sleep while they were in Palestine?

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

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

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

8. Why is Mary surprised when she sees a shoe in the hand of a man working in the Yard laboratory?

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

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

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