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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary step on to get on the roof of the privy at the house where the kidnappers are staying?

2. Who is the bomber who set the bomb at Watson's home?

3. What language does Mary read and write?

4. Besides Jessica Simpson, what else was missing on the morning that the little girl disappeared?

5. What does Mary cook for breakfast the morning she and Holmes are near the campsite?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary learn from Mrs. Hudson?

2. How do Mary and Holmes contact Mycroft when they arrive at the Diogenes Club?

3. How does Mary blossom after meeting Holmes?

4. How do Holmes and Mary entertain wherever they go in Wales when they are dressed as gypsies?

5. Why does Mary leave the house early that April morning when she meets Holmes?

6. How does Holmes respond when Mary reveals that she is a girl?

7. What is the storage room?

8. Why doesn't Holmes believe that the person behind the kidnapping will ever be caught?

9. What does Holmes say when Mary asks if he minds if she looks into the burglary at the inn?

10. What does Mrs. Hudson serve Mary for tea during her first visit to Holmes's residence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the reactions of Mary, Holmes, Mycroft, and Watson to the bombing at Watson's home.

Essay Topic 2

There are times when Holmes introduces Mary as his assistant and this introduction is met with disbelief. Discuss how and why Mary's apprenticeship with Holmes is questioned.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 11 Holmes compares himself to a fugue. Discuss why Holmes is like a fugue.

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