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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. Who is the bomber who set the bomb at Watson's home?

2. What language does Mary read and write?

3. How far is the walk to Holmes's residence when Mary goes to his home for the first time?

4. What color tie is Holmes wearing with a gypsy disguise?

5. When had the bomber who bombed Watson's home been convicted of another bombing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why doesn't Holmes believe that the person behind the kidnapping will ever be caught?

3. Why is Mary disgruntled on a filthy, bitterly wet night in December of 1918?

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

5. Who inspires Mary and her haying crew to keep at their work?

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

7. How does Holmes respond when Mary reveals that she is a girl?

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

9. What does Mary learn from Mrs. Hudson?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Mary and Holmes use deductive reasoning. Discuss how Mary and Holmes use deductive reasoning when making observations in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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