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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 book had Holmes written about bees?
2. Who is waiting in Mary's room at the Thomas's when she returns on a wet, cold December evening in 1918?
3. What language does Mary read and write?
4. In Chapter 8 when Holmes makes coffee for Mary, what traces of a substance remain in the beaker that he uses?
5. From what direction do Mary and Holmes enter London in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who inspires Mary and her haying crew to keep at their work?
2. Why does Mary hesitate to enter her room at the Thomas's in Chapter 8?
3. What do Holmes and Mary find when they are walking a trail they think the kidnappers might have taken?
4. Why does the robbery of the Monk's Tun Inn, of all the cases she ever worked on, stand out in Mary's mind?
5. How does Holmes respond when Mary reveals that she is a girl?
6. How does Watson determine where Mary and Holmes are after Mary calls and tells him to leave his home?
7. What gift does Holmes give Mary for her eighteenth birthday?
8. How does Mary determine that the blind man selling pencils is someone in disguise looking for her and for Holmes?
9. Why does Holmes destroy the lock of Sylvester's kitchen door?
10. Why does Mary leave the house early that April morning when she meets Holmes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how Holmes allows Mary to take charge of the case at Monk's Tun, yet is available to assist as needed.
Essay Topic 2
After the trip to Palestine, Mary and Holmes agree to act as if they are estranged in order to catch the woman who is behind the bombings and attacks. Discuss how this estrangement and separation affects Mary and Holmes.
Essay Topic 3
Both Mary and Holmes use deductive reasoning. Discuss how Mary and Holmes use deductive reasoning when making observations in the novel.
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