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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. When was the toggle detonator used by John Dickson manufactured?
2. Why is Mary late for tea at Holmes's home when she comes in March?
3. Who screams when she sees Holmes and Mary running down the hall and down the stairs at Mary's lodgings?
4. Where did the mud come from that Holmes and Mary find at the scene of the wrecked cab and in the ladies' restroom in the park?
5. What do the Roman numerals spell that were slashed into the seat of the wrecked cab?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mary put an end to the impatient grumbles from the uniformed police who are waiting for Holmes and Lestrade to finish examining the crime scene in and around the cab?
2. In a story Mary tells, what does Judith do to save her people from Holofernes?
3. How does Holmes get to Oxford without anyone knowing he is not home?
4. What impression of Holmes does the suicide note give that Miss Donleavy wrote for Holmes?
5. Why is Mary worried about pretending to be alienated from Holmes?
6. What does Mary find of interest when she examines the cab?
7. Describe what Mary does and says when she sees Jerusalem for the first time.
8. How does Mary change the spring after she returns from Palestine?
9. How does Mary decipher the meaning of the Roman numerals that were left in the wrecked cab?
10. What are three possibilities that may explain the intentions of the mastermind behind the bombings and attacks upon Mary, Holmes, Watson, and the cab?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the pros and cons that Mary considers when she decides to rescue Jessica rather than wait for Holmes to rescue the child the next day.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Mary's relationship with her aunt and the reasons why they do not get along.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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