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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. What income does Watson earn a day have when he returns to England in Part 1: Chapter 1?
(a) 12 shillings and fourpence.
(b) 10 shillings and sixpence.
(c) 14 shillings and eightpence.
(d) 11 shillings and sixpence.

2. During the battle of Maiwand, where is Watson injured?
(a) Leg.
(b) Hip.
(c) Arm.
(d) Shoulder.

3. At the hotel where Stangerson is murdered, how long do the hotel staff say that he had been waiting for a gentleman?
(a) 24 hours.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 18 hours.
(d) 2 days.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Holmes working when Watson learns that he is looking for someone to share rooms with in Part 1: Chapter 1?

2. What is Lestrade's occupation?

3. In Part 1: Chapter 4, who is the only person that Rance says he saw after finding the body?

4. In Part 1: Chapter 1, where does Holmes guess that Watson has been?

5. What is the shape of Audley Court?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1: Chapter 3, how did Holmes deduce the occupation of the man who delivered a letter in Chapter 2?

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

3. What does Watson do at the beginning of Part 1: Chapter 5?

4. How does Holmes determine that the pills in Stangerson's room are poison?

5. What is Holmes's occupation?

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

7. How does Holmes determine that Rance allowed the murderer to go free?

8. Who does Watson see on the street, and what does Holmes say about the man before he meets him in Part 1: Chapter 2?

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

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

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