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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 was Holmes working for in 1888 when he was defeated by Irene Adler?

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

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

4. What language does Mary read and write?

5. How long after the Monk's Tun case does a case come to Mary and Holmes that puts the Monk's Tun case in perspective?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the sequence of events in Jessica Simpson's kidnapping?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 12, Holmes makes some major mistakes. Discuss the errors that Holmes makes and why Holmes is making mistakes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the reasons why Holmes decides that it is time for Mary to end her apprenticeship and become a partner.

Essay Topic 3

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

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