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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. Who is the police inspector who comes to check out the burglary at the inn?

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

3. What is in the background of a photo of Jessica Simpson that is given to Holmes and Mary?

4. Where does Mrs. Hudson's son live?

5. What is the name of Mary's tutor who helps her pass the exams for Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the robbery of the Monk's Tun Inn, of all the cases she ever worked on, stand out in Mary's mind?

2. In the fourth town that Holmes and Mary visit when searching for Jessica, where do Holmes and Mary learn that Jessica is being held?

3. What happens during the robbery of the Monk's Tun?

4. Who inspires Mary and her haying crew to keep at their work?

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

6. Why isn't Holmes pleased to be called in to investigate the Simpson kidnapping case?

7. How do Mary and Holmes leave her room unobserved in Chapter 9?

8. What do Holmes and Mary find when they are walking a trail they think the kidnappers might have taken?

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

10. What is the sequence of events in Jessica Simpson's kidnapping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

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

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