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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. Where did Holmes send Helen after telling her what happened?
(a) His home in London.
(b) Her fiance's house.
(c) The Inn.
(d) Her aunt's house.

2. What did Holmes see on the chair in Roylott's room that proved his theory?
(a) Foot prints.
(b) Snake scales.
(c) Milk droplets.
(d) Blood.

3. What color was the creature that killed Julia?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. What kind of man does Holmes say makes the most devious criminal?
(a) A desperate man.
(b) An angry man.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A doctor.

5. What killed Julia?
(a) A swamp adder.
(b) A deadly spider.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A cobra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Holmes notice about Julia's bed?

2. What color is the house?

3. What is the second room Holmes looks at inside the house?

4. What did the coroner's office miss while examining Julia's body?

5. What kind of bed does Roylott sleep on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Roylott look like when Watson got into his bedroom?

2. How did Holmes say he knew he would find a ventilator between Julia and Roylott's room?

3. How is Roylott's bedroom described?

4. Why does Holmes tell Helen not to fear her step-father's intellect anymore?

5. How is Roylott acting when he gets back to his house?

6. What strange thing did Holmes notice about Julia's bed, and what does this mean for the case?

7. How does Helen react when she is told Roylott followed her to London?

8. Why did the coroner's office not figure out that Julia had been killed by a snake?

9. Where does Holmes plan to spend that night, and why?

10. What is sitting on top of the safe in Roylott's room, and what does Holmes think of this?

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