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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 1, where do Watson and other officers go safely after war breaks out?
(a) Hyderabad.
(b) Candahar.
(c) Bangalore.
(d) Dhaka.

2. In Part 1: Chapter 4, who does Holmes want to hear play?
(a) Proch.
(b) Norman-Neruda.
(c) Deldevez.
(d) Becker.

3. Where is Holmes working when Watson learns that he is looking for someone to share rooms with in Part 1: Chapter 1?
(a) Admitting desk.
(b) Chemical laboratory at a hospital.
(c) Morgue.
(d) Children's ward of a hospital.

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

5. In Part 1: Chapter 6, how much does Holmes pay street urchins for information?
(a) Florin.
(b) Farthing.
(c) Shilling.
(d) Halfpenny.

6. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what color hair does the corpse have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

7. In Part 1: Chapter 5, what does Watson do when Holmes leaves for the concert?
(a) Tries to take a nap.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) Goes for a walk.
(d) Has tea.

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

9. In Part 1: Chapter 1, who does Watson meeet at the Criterion Bar?
(a) Petersen.
(b) Williams.
(c) Stamford.
(d) Philipps.

10. In Part 1: Chapter 5, who comes to inquire about the ring?
(a) A young woman.
(b) An old man.
(c) An old woman.
(d) A boy.

11. What do Holmes and Watson pick their way through on Audley Court?
(a) Dirty children and discolored linen.
(b) Broken pottery.
(c) Old men and discolored linen.
(d) Broken glass.

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

13. After the battle of Maiwand, where is the base hospital located where Watson is taken for his injuries?
(a) Agra.
(b) Kolkata.
(c) Jaipur.
(d) Peshawar.

14. What is the name of the person who comes to claim the ring in Part 1: Chapter 5?
(a) Vincent.
(b) Sawyer.
(c) Miller.
(d) Brown.

15. In Part 1: Chapter 1, where does Holmes guess that Watson has been?
(a) Iran.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) India.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 4, how does Rance say the last tenant who lived in one of the vacant apartments in Lauriston Gardens died?

2. How many days does Watson notice that Holmes sometimes lies upon the sofa in the sitting-room at the beginning of Part 1: Chapter 2?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 1, on what ship does Watson return to England after catching a fever after the battle of Maiwand?

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

5. In Part 1: Chapter 6, how long did Drebber stay at the lodgings of Madame Charpentier?

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