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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about the case written about in this book?
(a) It took longer than usual to solve.
(b) It was never solved.
(c) It was solved by someone else.
(d) It was very unusual.

2. Who is the large man who comes to see Holmes?
(a) Helen's fiance.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) A butler at the Roylott house.
(d) Dr. Roylott.

3. How did the young lady's mother die?
(a) She was attacked by dogs.
(b) She fell out a window.
(c) In childbirth.
(d) In a railway accident.

4. What does Helen say is inside the safe in Roylott's room?
(a) Jewels.
(b) His guns.
(c) Business papers.
(d) Stragely shaped packets.

5. What does Holmes tell Helen to do to protect herself from Roylott when he returns from town?
(a) Arm herself.
(b) Lock her door.
(c) Never be alone with him.
(d) Keep a fire in her hearth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the big man bend with his bare hands?

2. How did the neighbors feel when the young lady's step-father returned to his estate?

3. How does the visitor describe Holmes's ability to know so much about her without her saying anything?

4. How was the young lady's step-father's fortune spent away?

5. What did Helen hear when she left her room on the night her sister died?

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