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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 4, what coin does Holmes remove from his pocket when he speaks to Rance?
(a) Groat.
(b) Half-sovereign.
(c) Farthing.
(d) Half-crown.

2. What shift did Rance work in Part 1: Chapter 4?
(a) 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
(b) Midnight to 8 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.
(d) 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

3. What street does the person who claimed the ring ask a cabbie to take them to in Part 1: Chapter 5?
(a) Appold.
(b) Canon Alley.
(c) Budge Row.
(d) Houndsditch.

4. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what type of cigar does Holmes say the murderer smoked?
(a) Guantanamera.
(b) Bucareli.
(c) Ahambra.
(d) Trichinopoly.

5. In Part 1: Chapter 1, when does Watson say that he took his degree of Doctor of Medicine?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1887.

6. When someone writes on a wall, at what height would they usually write?
(a) Chest level.
(b) Shoulder level.
(c) Eye level.
(d) Above the head.

7. In Part 1, Chapter 3, approximately how old does Watson believe that the dead man might be?
(a) 36.
(b) 43 or 44.
(c) 48.
(d) 39 or 40.

8. In Part 1: Chapter 2, by what time is Holmes usually in bed?
(a) 10 p.m.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) 9:30 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

9. In Part 1: Chapter 4, when does Rance say there was a fight at the White Hart?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

10. How many are in the chemical laboratory when Stamford takes Watson to meet Holmes in Part 1: Chapter 1?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) .3.

11. When does Watson learn about Holmes's powers of observation?
(a) March 30.
(b) March 1.
(c) March 4.
(d) March 23.

12. In Part 1: Chapter 6, what is the name of the private secretary who travels with Enoch Drebber?
(a) Joseph Stangerson.
(b) Andrew Livingstone.
(c) Charles Nightengale.
(d) William Phillips.

13. What color hair does Gregson have?
(a) Copper.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Auburn.
(d) Flaxen.

14. In Part 1: Chapter 4, how does Holmes know that the murderer has long fingernails?
(a) Scratches on the lock.
(b) Scratches on a ring.
(c) A nail on the floor.
(d) Scratches on the wall.

15. Where on Baker Street are the rooms that Watson and Holmes investigate in Part 1: Chapter 2?
(a) 221B.
(b) 339B.
(c) 311A.
(d) 269C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is a man murdered in Part 1: Chapter 3?

2. When war breaks out, in what city has Watson just arrived in Part 1: Chapter 1?

3. What income does Watson earn a day have when he returns to England in Part 1: Chapter 1?

4. How tall is Holmes?

5. What is the shape of Audley Court?

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