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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. 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) Hound's Tor.
(d) The area where, according to the story, Hugo Baskerville was killed.

2. Where is the man on the moor staying?
(a) A tin miner's hut.
(b) The Grimpen Mire.
(c) Fox Tor.
(d) The stone huts on the hillside.

3. Who is the man that was killed on the moor?
(a) Barrymore.
(b) Stapleton.
(c) Selden.
(d) Dr. Mortimer.

4. What does Watson find in the stone hut that pertains to him?
(a) He finds his brand of cigarettes.
(b) He finds a note that details his whereabouts for the day.
(c) He finds his letters to Holmes.
(d) He finds his old overcoat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives from London to help Holmes?

2. What captures Holmes's attention in Baskerville Hall?

3. By mid-October, what lady is beginning to preoccupy Sir Henry's thoughts, according to Watson?

4. What assures Watson that the hound is mortal?

5. When Holmes has Watson focus solely on the face in the portrait, what does Watson see?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Mrs. Lyons's relationship to Sir Charles?

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

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

6. What is significant about the discovery of Sir Henry's boot in Grimpen Mire?

7. How did Holmes survive all those weeks on the moor?

8. What does Watson believe about the supernatural possibilities of the hound?

9. Why did Barrymore not tell anyone about the burnt letter?

10. Why does Laura Lyons live in Coombe Tracey?

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