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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary remember Mrs. Simpson comparing the air in Wales to?

2. What had the bomber who bombed Watson's home been convicted of bombing earlier?

3. In December of 1918, what does Holmes give Mary as an early birthday present?

4. How many days does it take Holmes and Mary to travel past the roadblock leading to the Simpson's campsite?

5. Where did Mary live in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sequence of events in Jessica Simpson's kidnapping?

2. What is the storage room?

3. What does Mrs. Hudson serve Mary for tea during her first visit to Holmes's residence?

4. Why does Mary leave the house early that April morning when she meets Holmes?

5. Why does Mary hesitate to enter her room at the Thomas's in Chapter 8?

6. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

7. In the fourth town that Holmes and Mary visit when searching for Jessica, where do Holmes and Mary learn that Jessica is being held?

8. What gift does Holmes give Mary for her eighteenth birthday?

9. How do Mary and Holmes leave her room unobserved in Chapter 9?

10. How does Mary determine that the blind man selling pencils is someone in disguise looking for her and for Holmes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the pros and cons that Mary considers when she decides to rescue Jessica rather than wait for Holmes to rescue the child the next day.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Mary's and Holmes's attitudes toward bees.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the reactions of Mary, Holmes, Mycroft, and Watson to the bombing at Watson's home.

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