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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Holmes smell of when he returns from running errands after the package of clothing is delivered to the Yard?
(a) Sewage.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Opium.

2. What do Mary and Holmes plan to do after listening to music when they meet again after Mary has been at the storage room?
(a) Find hotel rooms.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Go back to Oxford.
(d) Go back to Mycroft's club.

3. What is floating near the pier in the river where Holmes and Mary board a boat in Chapter 12?
(a) A dog's body.
(b) A cat's body.
(c) An old boot.
(d) A dead fish.

4. Who is the fingerprint expert that Lestrade will have go over the Billy's cab looking for fingerprints?
(a) Ronald MacReedy.
(b) Alastair McBride.
(c) Robert McFeeley.
(d) Burnell McCubbins.

5. What was Mary's mother's name?
(a) Judith Klein.
(b) Irene Boyle.
(c) Rebekah Stein.
(d) Mary McCarthy.

6. How long does it take Mary to catch up on the school work she missed while she was in Palestine?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

7. Where does Mary reluctantly go on a picnic in the spring at Oxford?
(a) Prior's Wood.
(b) Phillips' Hill.
(c) Farmers' Wood.
(d) Boar's Hill.

8. Where does Mary keep the envelope that Holmes gives her when she visits?
(a) In a safe.
(b) In her rooms.
(c) In the Bodleian.
(d) On her person.

9. When did Mary and her mother read the story of Judith and Holofernes together?
(a) When Mary was seven.
(b) When Mary was eight.
(c) When Mary was nine.
(d) When Mary was six.

10. Where did Captain Jones spend January?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Portugal.
(d) France.

11. How did Miss Donleavy consider blackmailing the cabby Billy?
(a) Incidents in his sister's past.
(b) Indiscretions in his past.
(c) A scandal in his father's family.
(d) A scandal in his mother's family.

12. In Chapter 13, what direction does the captain of the boat that carries Holmes and Mary change to at night fall?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.

13. When Holmes and Mary discuss where to go to stay away from the mastermind behind the bombings and other attacks, how long does Holmes say it has been since he had a vacation?
(a) Twenty five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Five years.

14. What does Miss Donleavy wear at her throat when she confronts Holmes and Mary?
(a) A strand of pearls.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A gold chain and locket.
(d) A silver locket.

15. Where did Professor James Moriarty die?
(a) Victoria Falls.
(b) Reichenbach Falls.
(c) Mandraka Falls.
(d) Niagara Falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mary's brother when he died?

2. How does Miss Donleavy want Holmes laboratory to be lit?

3. What type of dog does one of Mary's followers walk while Mary is having tea on the road to Eastbourne?

4. How much was a man offered to deliver a package to Lestrade's office?

5. What is the name of the monograph that Holmes wrote about footprints?

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