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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Hugo's wild ride after the girl?
(a) Hugo has his throat torn out by a large hound.
(b) Hugo is murdered by the girl's father.
(c) Hugo marries the girl.
(d) A hound will visit Baskerville Hall every full moon to take one of the men away.

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

3. Where does Stapleton take Sir Henry and Watson in Chapter 8?
(a) The place where the convict is believed to have been last seen.
(b) The Grimpen Mire.
(c) The area where, according to the story, Hugo Baskerville was killed.
(d) Hound's Tor.

4. What name did the bearded man who followed Sir Henry give the cabman?
(a) Sherlock Holmes.
(b) Sir Henry Baskerville.
(c) Dr. John Watson.
(d) Professor James Moriarty.

5. 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?
(a) Barrymore admits that his wife answered the telegram in his stead.
(b) Barrymore admits that he has been walking the halls at night.
(c) Barrymore admits that he sent Sir Henry the warning letter.
(d) Barrymore admits that he was the man in London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first telegram to Holmes reveal?

2. What does the postmaster inadvertently reveal to Watson?

3. Because of the convict and out of concern for the Stapletons, what did Sir Henry offer to them, which Stapleton turned down?

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

5. Why is Sir Henry saddened at the thought of losing the Barrymores?

(see the answer key)

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