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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 is the name of the constable at the inn where the burglary takes place?

2. How many German spies did Holmes and Mary help capture when they helped Mrs. Barker?

3. How old is the man who manages Mary's farm?

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

5. Where does Chief Inspector Connor arrange to have a car drive Holmes and Mary so they can catch a train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary learn from Mrs. Hudson?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Holmes the day he and Mary meet.

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

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

9. What does Holmes say when Mary asks if he minds if she looks into the burglary at the inn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Mary discusses the time spent in Palestine, she calls it an excursus. Discuss why the time in Palestine is an excursus.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Holmes trains Mary to be observant and how Mary uses her powers of observation throughout the story.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11 Holmes compares himself to a fugue. Discuss why Holmes is like a fugue.

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