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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 Mary reading when she meets Holmes?

2. In Chapter 8 when Holmes makes coffee for Mary, what traces of a substance remain in the beaker that he uses?

3. What did Jessica's rag doll's name used to be before the kidnapping?

4. What beverages did the burglar take from the inn?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mary learn from the morning newspaper that Mycroft brings in while she, Holmes, and Watson are having breakfast?

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

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

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

8. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Jessica reacts to her kidnapping emotionally and the maturity level that she demonstrates during the ordeal.

Essay Topic 3

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

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