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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Watson deduce about the candle?
(a) He realizes that Barrymore is merely trying to write in secret at night.
(b) He realizes that Barrymore is plotting to burn down Baskerville Hall.
(c) He realizes it is a signal.
(d) He realizes that Barrymore is using it to burn letters.

2. What health concern, exacerbated by the story of the hound, did Sir Charles possess?
(a) He had cancer.
(b) He had a heart condition.
(c) He had the gout.
(d) He had diabetes.

3. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?
(a) The date was on one of the words.
(b) The color of the newsprint.
(c) He found the cut-up newspaper.
(d) The font.

4. What impression does Watson have of Baskerville Hall in the morning in Chapter 7?
(a) He finds it to be just as gloomy as the night before.
(b) He finds it much lighter and more cheerful.
(c) He finds that he does not care for it very much.
(d) He finds it to be singularly unattractive.

5. What does Stapleton do when he visits Baskerville Hall after Watson has followed Sir Henry?
(a) Stapleton apologizes for his rudeness to Sir Henry in regards to his sister.
(b) Stapleton attempts to pay Sir Henry to leave for London.
(c) Stapleton tries to hire the Barrymores away from Sir Henry.
(d) Stapleton strikes Sir Henry for talking to his sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sir Henry and Watson do to entrap Barrymore?

2. What possibility does Holmes rule out when he discovers that Henry does not have a will?

3. What do Watson and Stapleton see at the bog-hole?

4. Why does Holmes change his mind about Sir Henry going to Baskerville Hall?

5. What does Sir Henry receive the morning he meets Holmes?

(see the answer key)

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