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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the young lady's step-father's estate?
(a) Strike Mount.
(b) Stone Haven.
(c) Sting Harvey.
(d) Stoke Moran.

2. How soon is the strange visitor to be wed?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

3. What wakes the narrator up at the beginning of this book?
(a) The chiming of the clock.
(b) The sound of breaking glass.
(c) A knock at the door.
(d) Holmes standing over his bed.

4. How does Holmes say he learns about people before they speak to him?
(a) Psychic abilities.
(b) Really good guesses.
(c) Plain clues.
(d) Acute observance.

5. What is the last name of the young lady's step-father?
(a) Royton.
(b) Roylott.
(c) Ryner.
(d) Ryans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the young lady's mother die?

2. How does the narrator describe Holmes's deductive abilities?

3. How has the young lady's step-father's anger cost her money?

4. What was the occupation of the young lady's father before he died?

5. What does the young lady think intensified her step-father's violent tendencies?

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