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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. How is Holmes disguised at the beginning of Chapter 17?

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

3. How many years ago did Holmes kill Professor James Moriarty?

4. How many cars are used to follow Mary when she drives to Sussex?

5. When did Mary and her mother read the story of Judith and Holofernes together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did John Dickson change after he received an inheritance?

3. What vital piece of evidence does Holmes miss when he examines the parcel, note, and clothing that are delivered to the Yard for Mary?

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

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

6. What does Holmes see when he arrives at the laboratory in his home and lights a lamp?

7. Why does Mary decide to go to Palestine?

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

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

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

Discuss how Holmes allows Mary to take charge of the case at Monk's Tun, yet is available to assist as needed.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss what propriety has to do with the relationship between Mary and Holmes.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Mary's and Holmes's attitudes toward bees.

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