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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Sir Charles die?
(a) The entrance of the yew alley.
(b) Grimpen Mire.
(c) The entrance to his bedroom.
(d) Fox Tor.

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

4. What excites Sir Henry on the journey where he cries out in delight?
(a) He sees the moor people welcoming him to Baskerville Hall.
(b) He sees a herd of wild ponies running over the moor.
(c) He sees a beautiful woman.
(d) He is excited to be back in Devonshire.

5. What is Stapleton's profession?
(a) A barrister.
(b) A naturalist.
(c) A professor.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sir Charles's heir?

2. What does Dr. Mortimer have on him that he wants Holmes to examine?

3. What sets off the chain of events in the manuscript?

4. What does Watson hear alone at night in Chapter 6?

5. What do Watson and Stapleton see at the bog-hole?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on Watson's examination of the walking-stick, how does he describe Dr. Mortimer?

2. What is Stapleton's theory about how Sir Charles died?

3. Why does Holmes go into complete seclusion for the rest of the day?

4. What is the point of sending a telegram to Barrymore?

5. Why does Holmes want Watson to report only the facts to him?

6. What is the significance of the strange discovery by Sir Charles's body?

7. Why did Dr. Mortimer advise Sir Charles to go to London?

8. What is significant about the fact that Mrs. Barrymore received the telegram instead of her husband?

9. Who is Selden and why is he significant to everyone?

10. What is significant about Holmes's deduction that Sir Charles was actually running?

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