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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. Why did Mrs. Lyons wish to meet with Sir Charles so secretly?
(a) She wanted to keep her relationship a secret from her estranged husband.
(b) She did not want to face Barrymore.
(c) She wanted to keep her friendship with Sir Charles secret from her father.
(d) She wanted to avoid a scandal by meeting privately with a bachelor.

2. Because of the convict and out of concern for the Stapletons, what did Sir Henry offer to them, which Stapleton turned down?
(a) The company of Barrymore.
(b) The company of Sir Henry.
(c) The company of Watson.
(d) The company of Perkins, Sir Henry's groom.

3. According to the letter to Holmes, what is the status on the escaped convict?
(a) The convict has likely escaped the area.
(b) The convict will likely turn himself in to escape the inhospitable moor.
(c) The convict has probably died out on the moors.
(d) The convict will likely be caught soon.

4. What assures Watson that the hound is mortal?
(a) Holmes was able to wound it.
(b) He sees it make impressions in the earth.
(c) Lestrade is able to call to it.
(d) He hears it breathing.

5. What does Watson deduce about the candle?
(a) He realizes it is a signal.
(b) He realizes that Barrymore is plotting to burn down Baskerville Hall.
(c) He realizes that Barrymore is merely trying to write in secret at night.
(d) He realizes that Barrymore is using it to burn letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Stapleton seem opposed?

2. Who arrives from London to help Holmes?

3. Why is Watson glad to see Holmes after going to the stone hut?

4. Who is bringing Holmes supplies at the hut?

5. What was spread over the hound to give it a ghoulish look?

Short Essay Questions

1. What contributes to the dark mood around Baskerville Hall at the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

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

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

5. What does the hound look like?

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

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

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

9. What are Watson's impressions of the stone hut?

10. What is suspicious of Barrymore's behavior?

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