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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Holmes trick the hotel clerk into talking about guests who have checked in after Sir Henry?
(a) Holmes claims to recognize the names and was wondering if they were friends of his.
(b) Holmes distracts him while Watson looks at the registry.
(c) Holmes makes the clerk think he is asking about Sir Henry's relatives.
(d) Holmes asks about Sir Henry.

2. How much is Sir Henry going to inherit from Sir Charles?
(a) Over two million pounds.
(b) Several hundreds of pounds.
(c) Nearly half a million pounds.
(d) Nearly a million pounds.

3. When Dr. Mortimer arrives at the rooms, what is revealed that annoys Holmes?
(a) Holmes's deduction are completely wrong.
(b) Holmes's deductions are mostly, but not completely accurate.
(c) Holmes does not appreciate the doctor just stopping in unannounced.
(d) Holmes find the doctor to be rude.

4. How did Dr. Mortimer deduce that Sir Charles had stood at the gate for five to ten minutes?
(a) Sir Charles's watch had been smashed.
(b) Sir Charles marked time with pebbles.
(c) He noticed that cigar ash had dropped twice.
(d) He watched Sir Charles the night he died.

5. What is Sir Henry's opinion of Baskerville Hall?
(a) He finds it cheerful.
(b) He finds it to be stifling.
(c) He finds it gloomy.
(d) He finds it to be too big.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impression does Watson have of Baskerville Hall in the morning in Chapter 7?

2. Watson tells Sir Henry that the postmaster claims that the telegram was actually delivered to Mrs. Barrymore, and Barrymore himself was nowhere in sight. When Sir Henry questions his servant, what does Barrymore reveal to Sir Henry?

3. What health concern, exacerbated by the story of the hound, did Sir Charles possess?

4. What do Sir Henry, Dr. Mortimer, and Watson discover as they travel to the moor?

5. With whom does Miss Stapleton confuse Watson?

(see the answer key)

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