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

2. How many years of Holmes's life does he say he loses during the drive from Oxford to Sussex?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

3. Who is the fingerprint expert that Lestrade will have go over the Billy's cab looking for fingerprints?
(a) Robert McFeeley.
(b) Burnell McCubbins.
(c) Alastair McBride.
(d) Ronald MacReedy.

4. What seems to be Ali and Mahmoud's staple diet in Palestine?
(a) Goat's meat.
(b) Soured milk.
(c) Rice and lentils.
(d) Lamb.

5. How does Miss Donleavy want Holmes laboratory to be lit?
(a) The electrical lights.
(b) Oil lamps.
(c) Lanterns.
(d) Candles.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mary and her mother read the story of Judith and Holofernes together?

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

3. Where did Captain Jones spend January?

4. What part of Holmes's disguise falls to the floor when Mary and Holmes embrace?

5. What is the name of the cab driver of the cab that Holmes drives on the night that he and Mary attend the opera at Covent Gardens?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Mary decide to go to Palestine?

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

8. What is in a package that is delivered to the front desk of Scotland Yard in Chapter 12?

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

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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