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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 Holmes say the insults of the man make him feel about the case?
(a) There is no change at all.
(b) More interested.
(c) A little hesitant.
(d) Insulted.

2. How many cases has Holmes completed in the past 8 years?
(a) 70.
(b) 60.
(c) 80.
(d) 50.

3. Where does Holmes plan to go to research for this case?
(a) The morgue.
(b) The Doctors Commons.
(c) The University.
(d) A library.

4. What does Helen have to do before she can return to the house?
(a) Run some errands.
(b) Write a letter to her fiance.
(c) Speak with the police.
(d) Buy herself a weapon.

5. What did the young lady say caused her step-father's violent anger?
(a) A viscious past.
(b) His greed and laziness.
(c) Paranoid tendencies.
(d) Family genes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Helen describe what came out of Julia's room while Helen was in the hall?

2. What time does Holmes return from his researching?

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

4. How old does Holmes say his strange visitor is?

5. Where were the step-father's cigars imported from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roylott say and do just before he leaves Holmes's house?

2. How does Watson describe his first encounter with Dr. Roylott?

3. Who are Roylott's only friends?

4. What caused Helen to come to Sherlock Holmes on that day?

5. What does Holmes ask of Watson after Helen leaves, and how does Watson respond?

6. How is the narrator wakened at the beginning of this story?

7. What happened to the Roylott fortune?

8. What does Holmes do as Dr. Roylott insults him in his house?

9. How does this book begin?

10. What does Watson say is his keenest pleasure in life?

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