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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 beverages did the burglar take from the inn?

2. What is the brooch set with that Holmes gives Mary for her birthday?

3. Who is waiting in Mary's room at the Thomas's when she returns on a wet, cold December evening in 1918?

4. What color clay does Mary find in the carpet at the inn?

5. Who does Patrick say is robbed in July 1918?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why isn't Holmes pleased to be called in to investigate the Simpson kidnapping case?

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

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

4. What does Mary learn from Mrs. Hudson?

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

6. In Chapter 2, why can Mary hear the sound of angry queens?

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

8. How does Watson determine where Mary and Holmes are after Mary calls and tells him to leave his home?

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

10. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

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 Mary's relationship with her aunt and the reasons why they do not get along.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss the effects that the Simpson kidnapping case had on Mary, on Holmes, and on their relationship.

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