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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, The Boscombe Valley Mystery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"?
(a) Dr. Watson.
(b) Sherlock Holmes.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

2. What is Wilson instructed to copy in his job for the Red-Headed League?
(a) Webster's Dictionary.
(b) The Oxford English Dictionary.
(c) The Encyclopedia Britannica.
(d) The Bible.

3. What is the outcome of the case in "The Red-Headed League?"
(a) Holmes solves the case and executes the criminal.
(b) Holmes solves the case but lets the criminal go free.
(c) Holmes solves the case and catches the criminal.
(d) Holmes is unable to solve the case.

4. Which of the following Holmes' characteristics does "A Case of Identity" contain?
(a) A young woman about to be married.
(b) Exotic murder weapon.
(c) Character from a foreign land.
(d) Grotesque details.

5. What does Holmes refer to the female character in "A Scandal in Bohemia" as?
(a) "The woman."
(b) "The temptress."
(c) "The sleuth."
(d) Nothing. He refuses to speak her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miss Sutherland support herself?

2. What is unusual about Angel?

3. According to Watson's medical investigation in "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," from which angle did the fatal blow come?

4. In "A Scandal in Bohemia," what is Watson's role at the female character's home?

5. Who does Holmes believe to be behind the Red-Headed League?

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