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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. Where does Mary keep the envelope that Holmes gives her when she visits?

2. What seems to be Ali and Mahmoud's staple diet in Palestine?

3. Where is Mary shot after she struggles with Miss Donleavy?

4. How long does it take Mary to catch up on the school work she missed while she was in Palestine?

5. When was the last time that the ladies' restroom in the park had been cleaned?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary think when she sees Miss Donleavy in Holmes's laboratory?

2. How do Mary and Holmes create a sensation at Mary's lodgings in Chapter 17?

3. Why is Mary surprised when she sees a shoe in the hand of a man working in the Yard laboratory?

4. How does Mary put an end to the impatient grumbles from the uniformed police who are waiting for Holmes and Lestrade to finish examining the crime scene in and around the cab?

5. What are three possibilities that may explain the intentions of the mastermind behind the bombings and attacks upon Mary, Holmes, Watson, and the cab?

6. How will Mrs. Hudson be protected when she returns to care for Holmes's house in Sussex?

7. How does Mary decipher the meaning of the Roman numerals that were left in the wrecked cab?

8. What is in a package that is delivered to the front desk of Scotland Yard in Chapter 12?

9. Describe what Mary does and says when she sees Jerusalem for the first time.

10. In a story Mary tells, what does Judith do to save her people from Holofernes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what Holmes means when he says that "the game's afoot" in Chapter 9.

Essay Topic 3

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

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