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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 does Holmes give Mary to drink when she awakens from a nightmare on board the ship?

2. Where did Professor James Moriarty die?

3. What is the relationship between the two men who guide Mary and Holmes around Palestine?

4. Where does Mary wear a bandage after she and Holmes return to the ship after their time in Palestine?

5. Why is Mary late for tea at Holmes's home when she comes in March?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary find of interest when she examines the cab?

2. Why is Mary worried about pretending to be alienated from Holmes?

3. How does Mary change the spring after she returns from Palestine?

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

5. Describe the cab after it is destroyed and the cab driver choloroformed.

6. Where were some places that Mary and Holmes sleep while they were in Palestine?

7. How does Holmes change after he returns from Palestine?

8. How does Holmes get to Oxford without anyone knowing he is not home?

9. How did Holmes kill Professor James Moriarty?

10. What impression of Holmes does the suicide note give that Miss Donleavy wrote for Holmes?

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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