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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Mortimer call Holmes in Chapter 1?
(a) A lucky detective.
(b) The second-best detective in Europe.
(c) The most brilliant mind of the decade.
(d) The best detective in Europe.

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

3. What about the incident makes Dr. Mortimer most uneasy?
(a) He believes the hound is haunting him.
(b) He believes he may be next.
(c) He believes the servants set up Sir Charles's murder.
(d) He believes it may be supernatural in nature.

4. What was found near Sir Charles's body?
(a) A dog.
(b) A gun.
(c) The footprints of a giant hound.
(d) Blood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the address of the rooms that Watson and Holmes share?

2. Who is the man that brought the curse upon the Baskervilles?

3. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?

4. According to Watson, who is the owner of the stick?

5. What does Holmes believe is the reason Sir Charles went out to the yew alley that night?

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