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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about Angel?
(a) Angel is very wealthy yet dresses like a slob.
(b) Angel walks with a limp.
(c) Angel wears dark glasses and speaks quietly.
(d) Angel knows Holmes from a previous case.

2. In "The Man with the Twisted Lip," what do Watson and his wife do after dinner?
(a) Read and knit.
(b) Listen to music.
(c) Draw and sew.
(d) Smoke a pipe and mend socks.

3. From which country do Turner and McCarthy know each other?
(a) United States.
(b) Australia.
(c) India.
(d) Germany.

4. Where does the Red-Headed League place an advertisement for employment?
(a) The post office.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) The phonebook.
(d) A flier.

5. Which of the following characters is not in "A Case of Identity?"
(a) Mr. Hosmer Angel.
(b) Mr. Jabez Wilson.
(c) Miss Sutherland.
(d) Mr. Windbanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Case of Identity," what is Windbank's motive?

2. In "The Man with the Twisted Lip," whose disappearance is Holmes investigating?

3. In "The Red-Headed League," what does Holmes ask Watson to bring with him at night?

4. In "The Red-Headed League," what does Holmes believe is the reason for Wilson's job?

5. According to the interrogation report of James in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," what sound did Charles McCarthy make?

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