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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 Mrs. Lyons credit to Sir Charles?
(a) Sir Charles helped her procure her divorce.
(b) Sir Charles dispelled the rumors going around about her.
(c) Sir Charles single-handedly saved the church from going under.
(d) Sir Charles helped her start her business and kept her on her feet.

2. Who is the man on the moor?
(a) Sir Charles.
(b) Stapleton.
(c) Dr. Mortimer.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

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

4. What does Watson witness when he follows Sir Henry?
(a) Watson sees Sir Henry being stalked by the hound.
(b) Watson sees an encounter between Sir Henry and Miss Stapleton, which is interrupted by Stapleton.
(c) Watson sees Frankland watching them on his telescope.
(d) Watson sees a pony sink into the Grimpen Mire.

5. According to Mrs. Lyons, what did she do the night she was to meet with Sir Charles?
(a) She was detained by a private matter and did not make the meeting.
(b) She was detained by a private matter, but sent a telegram to Sir Charles to not meet her.
(c) She met with Sir Charles, but nothing happened.
(d) She met with Sir Charles and saw the hound.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Barrymore, what is the plan for Selden?

2. How did the man found on the moor die?

3. Who is the man that was killed on the moor?

4. What revelation upsets Laura Lyons?

5. Why is Barrymore angry after Sir Henry and Watson learn the truth of his strange behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the hound and the men mistake Selden for Sir Henry?

2. What are Holmes's instructions to Cartwright and why is it significant?

3. What is the arrangement between Selden and the Barrymores, and how did it come to be?

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

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

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

7. Why can Holmes not arrest Stapleton?

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

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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