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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. Which of Holmes's enemies does Mary jokingly say that the mastermind behind the bombings appears to be like?

2. In Chapter 8 when Holmes makes coffee for Mary, what traces of a substance remain in the beaker that he uses?

3. What color paint spots are on the bees that Holmes and Mary watch?

4. From whose orchard are the some of the bees probably from?

5. In the storage room, what type of shoes does Mary find that match a dress there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Mary and Holmes contact Mycroft when they arrive at the Diogenes Club?

3. What happens during the robbery of the Monk's Tun?

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

5. What do Holmes and Mary find when they are walking a trail they think the kidnappers might have taken?

6. What is the storage room?

7. Why does Holmes, rather than Mary, go back to get reinforcements after they discover that Sylvester robbed the inn?

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

9. What does Mary learn from Mrs. Hudson?

10. Why does the robbery of the Monk's Tun Inn, of all the cases she ever worked on, stand out in Mary's mind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 10, Watson reveals how he arrived supposedly unnoticed at the Diogenes Club. Discuss Watson's disguise, circuitous route, and how he is discovered by the enemy.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss World War I and how it affected Mary and the people of England.

Essay Topic 3

Roman numerals are left slashed in the cab that is wrecked. Discuss how Mary cracks the code of the Roman numerals.

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