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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sir Charles's watch had been smashed.
(c) He noticed that cigar ash had dropped twice.
(d) He watched Sir Charles the night he died.

2. What is the address of the rooms that Watson and Holmes share?
(a) 221 B Butcher Avenue.
(b) 221 B Baker Street.
(c) 112 A Devonshire Boulevard.
(d) 221 South London Street.

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

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

5. Where does chapter one take place?
(a) Devonshire.
(b) London.
(c) Canada.
(d) Wales.

6. What sort of accent does Sir Henry possess?
(a) English.
(b) Welsh.
(c) American.
(d) Irish.

7. What does Sir Henry do that Holmes strongly advises against?
(a) He tried to track down the murderer himself.
(b) He spent an afternoon alone.
(c) He wrote to his servants.
(d) He tried to go to the bank.

8. How was Holmes able to tell what newspaper the words came from?
(a) The font.
(b) He found the cut-up newspaper.
(c) The date was on one of the words.
(d) The color of the newsprint.

9. How does Holmes describe the walking stick?
(a) The mark of a careless, untrustworthy man.
(b) A rude gesture.
(c) A present.
(d) A visiting card from the absent-minded.

10. What does Sir Henry plan to do to the yew bridge?
(a) Make it a memorial to Sir Charles.
(b) Install electric lights to dispel the gloom.
(c) Open it up for the public.
(d) Tear it down.

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

12. What does C.C.H (engraved on the stick) stand for?
(a) Christian Care Hospital.
(b) Christian Cross Hospital.
(c) Charing Court Hospital.
(d) Charing Cross Hospital.

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

14. Why does Holmes change his mind about Sir Henry going to Baskerville Hall?
(a) Holmes knows now that Sir Henry is being followed in London.
(b) Sir Henry announces that he plans to tear down Baskerville Hall.
(c) Holmes realizes Sir Henry will not get any work done in London.
(d) Holmes realizes that Baskerville Hall is not dangerous.

15. What does Holmes have Watson send up to him?
(a) His violin.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Tobacco.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health concern, exacerbated by the story of the hound, did Sir Charles possess?

2. How does Holmes relax after his day of thinking?

3. According to Holmes, who must Watson focus on as suspects?

4. Who is Sir Charles's heir?

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

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