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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Holmes, who is actually the owner of the stick?
(a) An older, caring doctor.
(b) A young, unambitious doctor.
(c) An older, incompetent doctor.
(d) A young, ambitious doctor.

2. Who is following Sir Henry and Dr. Mortimer when they leave Holmes and Watson's rooms?
(a) A street urchin.
(b) A woman dressed up as a man.
(c) A man dressed up as a priest.
(d) A man with a possibly fake beard.

3. Though he is described as godless, what in particular made Hugo notorious?
(a) He beat a man to death for looking at him wrong.
(b) His scarred face.
(c) His cruel humor.
(d) He frequently abandoned people for dead on the moor.

4. What did Sir Henry discover was missing before he left to see Holmes with Dr. Mortimer?
(a) An old boot.
(b) A brown boot.
(c) A brown hat.
(d) An old suitcoat.

5. How does Holmes spend his day after the departure of Dr. Mortimer and Watson?
(a) Smoking and thinking.
(b) Doing cocaine and thinking.
(c) Drinking and thinking.
(d) Playing violin and thinking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?

3. How is Holmes able to deduce the size of Dr. Mortimer's dog?

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

5. How does Holmes propose to find the sender of Sir Henry's object?

(see the answer key)

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