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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 does Holmes's discovery of the portrait reveal?
(a) Sir Charles is still alive.
(b) Sir Henry is not a Baskerville.
(c) Hugo never existed.
(d) Stapleton is a Baskerville.

2. How did Sir Charles hear about Mrs. Lyons's situation?
(a) Stapleton told him.
(b) Dr. Mortimer told him.
(c) Barrymore told him.
(d) Frankland told him.

3. What manner of narration is used in Chapter 10?
(a) Dr. Mortimer's journal entries.
(b) Letters to Dr. Mortimer.
(c) Letters to Holmes.
(d) Dr. Watson's journal entries.

4. After hearing a man scream on the moor, what do Watson and Holmes hear next?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) The baying of the hound.
(c) A woman sobbing.
(d) A carriage rattling behind them.

5. In his gratitude for Sir Henry's decision about Selden, what does Barrymore reveal to Sir Henry and Watson?
(a) Sir Charles was hoping to confront the hound head-on.
(b) Sir Charles knew he was going to die.
(c) Sir Charles was at the gate to meet a woman.
(d) Sir Charles was protecting Mrs. Barrymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Sir Henry is inside Merripit House, what begins to happen that Holmes fears could disrupt their plan?

2. On the moor, what does Watson find himself unable to do?

3. Who is bringing Holmes supplies at the hut?

4. How does the hound die?

5. According to the letter to Holmes, what is the status on the escaped convict?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Holmes able to recognize Stapleton's features in Hugo Baskerville?

2. Why does Frankland file so many lawsuits?

3. Why does Watson refer to Mr. Frankland as much needed "comic relief?"

4. What is suspicious of Barrymore's behavior?

5. Why is Sir Henry upset with Watson and Holmes?

6. Why is Watson hurt about Holmes's deception?

7. What are Watson's fanciful impressions of the moor in his letter to Holmes?

8. What happens when Sir Henry walks out of Stapleton's house?

9. What does Mrs. Stapleton reveal about her husband?

10. What reason does Stapleton give for his objection to Sir Henry courting his sister?

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