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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of fabric is attached to a button Mary finds when she examines the wrecked cab for clues?
(a) Brown tweed fabric.
(b) Piece of cotton fabric.
(c) Piece of red calico fabric.
(d) Piece of black wool fabric.

2. How long does Holmes want himself and Mary to disappear to try to get the female mastermind off their trail?
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Four months.

3. What does Miss Donleavy say that Holmes and Mary look like when she confronts them?
(a) A pair of donkeys.
(b) A pair of sheep.
(c) A pair of idiots.
(d) A pair of turkeys.

4. To what part of Holmes's house do Mary and he go when they get to the house after the drive from Oxford?
(a) Laboratory.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Parlor.
(d) A guest bedroom.

5. What color hair does Mary find in the wrecked cab?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

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

7. What is the subject of the autographed monograph that Miss Donleavy stole from a police commissioner?
(a) Footprints.
(b) Blood types.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) Bicycle tires.

8. How does Mary explain who Holmes is to Mr. Thomas when Holmes is disguised as a priest?
(a) She says that he is her grandfather's brother.
(b) She says he is an old family friend.
(c) She says that he is her mother's uncle.
(d) She says that he is a distant relative.

9. What color clay does Mary find in the wrecked cab?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pinkish-orange.
(c) Light brown.
(d) Red.

10. What is the name of the cab driver of the cab that Holmes drives on the night that he and Mary attend the opera at Covent Gardens?
(a) Jack.
(b) Billy.
(c) Mack.
(d) Bob.

11. During World War I, when did the British and German soldiers have an undeclared truce?
(a) Thanksgiving 1916.
(b) March 1917.
(c) Christmas 1914.
(d) July 1915.

12. How many cars are used to follow Mary when she drives to Sussex?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

13. How long has does Holmes tell Mary that he has dealt with the criminal mind?
(a) Thirty years.
(b) Forty years.
(c) Thirty five years.
(d) Forty five years.

14. When was the last time that Mary saw the pair of shoes that are in the package of clothing delivered to Scotland Yard?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) November.

15. Who beat and colonized Palestine in the third millennium B.C.E.?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Akkadians.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Turks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Mary to catch up on the school work she missed while she was in Palestine?

2. What food does Mary smell when she arrives with Holmes at his house after the drive from Oxford?

3. How far is Jerusalem from Acre?

4. When the watchers leave Sussex and Holmes picks through the garbage they leave behind, where does Holmes learn that all the stuff came from?

5. What is the relationship between the two men who guide Mary and Holmes around Palestine?

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