The Hound of the Baskervilles quiz and flashcards
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What object do Holmes and Watson examine before Mortimer arrives?
What does Holmes connect the walking stick's inscription to?
What evidence does Mortimer privately reveal about Sir Charles's death?
Who dies beneath a monstrous hound in the family legend?
What practical question does Mortimer ask Holmes about Sir Henry?
What does Holmes infer Sir Charles did before running in terror?
Which newspaper supplies the printed words in Sir Henry's warning?
How does the man following Sir Henry escape Holmes?
Who agrees to accompany Sir Henry to Devonshire?
What name does the mysterious stranger give the cabdriver?
Why are armed guards watching the area when Watson reaches Devonshire?
What unexplained sound unsettles Watson at Baskerville Hall?
For whom is Miss Stapleton's urgent warning intended?
Why does the test telegram fail to establish Barrymore's whereabouts?
What does Watson see Barrymore doing at night?
How does Stapleton appear to respond to Sir Henry's attraction to Miss Stapleton?
Why do the Barrymores secretly send signals across the moor?
What new mystery does Watson encounter after pursuing Selden?
What initials appear on the burned letter Barrymore describes?
What does Sir Henry agree to do about Selden?
Why does Laura Lyons say she requested a meeting with Sir Charles?
Who helps lead Watson toward the stranger's hut?
What relationship does Holmes reveal between the Stapletons?
Whose body is initially mistaken for Sir Henry's?
What helps Holmes identify Stapleton's Baskerville ancestry?
What does Holmes order Sir Henry to do after dining at Merripit House?
What threatens the detectives' ambush outside Merripit House?
What does Watson identify on the hound's muzzle?
Why is Sir Henry's stolen old boot useful to Stapleton?
What part of Stapleton's plan remains uncertain in Holmes's final explanation?
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