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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is a man murdered in Part 1: Chapter 3?
(a) 9 Riverton Gardens.
(b) 3 Lauriston Gardens.
(c) 7 Percival Gardens.
(d) 1 Charleston Gardens.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes say that Norman-Neruda plays well?

2. What book does Watson thumb through while he waits for Holmes in Part 1: Chapter 5?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 3, what tattoo does the Marine who makes a delivery to Holmes have?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 6, who does Holmes have working for him?

2. In Part 1: Chapter 4, how does Holmes determine that the murdere had long nails and smoked a Trichinopoly cigar?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 2, what rooms do Watson and Holmes inspect?

4. In Part 1: Chapter 2, how does Watson describe Holmes's appearance?

5. At the end of Part 1: Chapter 3, what clues does Holmes provide Gregson?

6. What happens when Holmes tries to follow the woman who claims the ring he advertised in a lost and found ad?

7. What shortcomings do Holmes and Watson share when they consider taking lodgings together?

8. What news does Gregson share with Holmes in Part 1: Chapter 6?

9. In Part 1: Chapter 6, what news does Lestrade come to share?

10. How does Watson find it to be living with Holmes?

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