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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three: Chapter 13, Umbilicus Mundi.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Patrick say is robbed in July 1918?
(a) Tillie Whiteneck.
(b) Maggie Wright.
(c) Mollie Benton.
(d) Peggy Brighton.

2. When does Holmes begin devising puzzles for Mary?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Autumn.

3. What food did the burglar take from the inn?
(a) Two sides of beef.
(b) A whole pig.
(c) Six loaves of bread.
(d) Four smoked hams.

4. With whom do Mary and Holmes drink cold, sour lemonade?
(a) A Bedouin sheikh.
(b) A lady at an embassy.
(c) Jews in a Zionist settlement.
(d) A high-ranking army officer.

5. What seems to be Ali and Mahmoud's staple diet in Palestine?
(a) Goat's meat.
(b) Soured milk.
(c) Rice and lentils.
(d) Lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Mrs. Hudson's letters to Mary at Oxford usually arrive?

2. In Chapter 8 when Holmes makes coffee for Mary, what traces of a substance remain in the beaker that he uses?

3. Where is Mrs. Hudson going to get away from the woman mastermind?

4. What breed are some of the Barkers' dogs?

5. How many brands of cigarettes and cigars can Mary recognize from their ashes?

(see the answer key)

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