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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Mortimer have on him that he wants Holmes to examine?
(a) A bone.
(b) A will.
(c) A manuscript.
(d) A walking stick.

2. When Holmes and Watson arrive at the hotel, what does Sir Henry claim to have lost this time?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A black hat.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) A black boot.

3. How does Holmes go about his search for the cut-up newspaper?
(a) Holmes checks the wastepaper himself.
(b) He hires a boy named Cartwright to search the wastepaper of each hotel in Charing Cross.
(c) Holmes sends Watson to check the wastepaper.
(d) He hires a boy named Cartwright to bribe the postman.

4. Dr. Mortimer believes that, from the marks, Sir Charles had tip-toed throughout the gravel. What does Holmes deduce from those facts?
(a) Sir Charles was stepping carefully.
(b) Sir Charles was actually running.
(c) A woman followed Sir Charles outside.
(d) Dr. Mortimer is right.

5. What do Sir Henry, Dr. Mortimer, and Watson discover as they travel to the moor?
(a) Another man has been murdered by the hound.
(b) A dangerous convict has escaped.
(c) One of Sir Henry's neighbors has moved out.
(d) A ghostly apparition has been appearing to people on the moor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sir Charles's heir?

2. What would Dr. Mortimer like to do?

3. What name did the bearded man who followed Sir Henry give the cabman?

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

5. What is the result of Hugo's wild ride after the girl?

(see the answer key)

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