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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 want to study when she goes to university?

2. What pile of back issues does Holmes give Mary to read while he gathers a gypsy outfit for her to wear?

3. What type of necklace does Mary slip on when she gets dressed in the storage room?

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

5. Where is Senator Simpson getting the money for his daughter's ransom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Holmes destroy the lock of Sylvester's kitchen door?

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

4. What is the storage room?

5. How do Holmes and Mary entertain wherever they go in Wales when they are dressed as gypsies?

6. Describe Holmes the day he and Mary meet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

There are times when Holmes introduces Mary as his assistant and this introduction is met with disbelief. Discuss how and why Mary's apprenticeship with Holmes is questioned.

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