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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?
(a) Hugo kidnapped the daughter of a yeoman.
(b) Hugo killed a gypsy's dog.
(c) Hugo killed the daughter of a yeoman.
(d) Hugo sent a man to die in Grimpen Mire.

2. After meeting Sir Henry for the first time, what is Holmes's initial advice to him?
(a) Holmes advises Sir Henry not to be afraid.
(b) Holmes advises him to not go to Baskerville Hall.
(c) Holmes advises him to return home.
(d) Holmes advises him to stay with Watson in their rooms.

3. Before the death of Sir Charles, what had appeared to people on the moor?
(a) The hound.
(b) A mysterious man on the moor.
(c) Fog.
(d) A carriage.

4. What does Watson observe that Sir Henry has inherited from his ancestors?
(a) The temper.
(b) The godlessness.
(c) The intelligence.
(d) The cruelty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sir Charles's heir?

2. What was found near Sir Charles's body?

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

4. What about the incident makes Dr. Mortimer most uneasy?

5. What is Stapleton's profession?

(see the answer key)

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