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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Chapter 5, The Vagrant Gypsy Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pile of back issues does Holmes give Mary to read while he gathers a gypsy outfit for her to wear?
(a) The Telegraph.
(b) The London News.
(c) The Times.
(d) The Morning Star.

2. What breed are some of the Barkers' dogs?
(a) Great Danes.
(b) Yorkshire terriers.
(c) Dalmatians.
(d) Cocker Spaniels.

3. How old is Mary when she meets Holmes?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Sixteen.

4. What is the name of the constable at the inn where the burglary takes place?
(a) PC Vickers.
(b) PC Rogers.
(c) PC Bryant.
(d) PC Williams.

5. How tall is Mary after she attains her full height?
(a) Five feet, five inches.
(b) Five feet, ten inches.
(c) Five feet, two inches.
(d) Five feet, eleven inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whose orchard are the some of the bees probably from?

2. What time of day does the haying crew finish working on a blistering hot day in Chapter 5?

3. What play does Mary act in during her first term at Oxford?

4. How long after the Monk's Tun case does a case come to Mary and Holmes that puts the Monk's Tun case in perspective?

5. During what type of weather is Mrs. Barker's husband usually sick?

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