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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 does Holmes give Mary to drink when she awakens from a nightmare on board the ship?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Tea.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

2. What composer does Holmes mention at the end of Chapter 13 when he and Mary are discussing frenzied gaiety and weeping put to music?
(a) Rachmaninoff.
(b) Bach.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Beethoven.

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

4. Whose hair did Miss Donleavy leave at the crime scenes?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her brother's.
(c) Her father's.
(d) Her own.

5. With whom do Mary and Holmes drink cold, sour lemonade?
(a) Jews in a Zionist settlement.
(b) A Bedouin sheikh.
(c) A lady at an embassy.
(d) A high-ranking army officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Mary keep the envelope that Holmes gives her when she visits?

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

4. Where did Professor James Moriarty die?

5. How many Roman numerals do Holmes and Mary see in a picture of the shredded cab seats?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Holmes kill Professor James Moriarty?

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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