Hound of the Baskervilles - Chapter 6

Who did Holmes tell Watson were the most important people to interview or study?

• the Barrymores, the groom, Dr. and Mrs. Mortimer, Mr. Stapleton and his sister, and Mr. Frankland

• Sir Henry and anyone he talked to about the estate

• the person that wrote the note to Sir Henry and stole his boots

• the person that wrote the note to Sir Henry and stole his boots

What did Sherlock Holmes ask Watson before he went to the moor?

• "Do you have arms?"

• "Do you have a notepad?"

• "Do you have a camera?"

• "Do you have a warm coat?"

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Why did the Barrymores want to leave Baskerville Hall?

• They were retiring and moving somewhere they could relax.

• They did not like the Baskerville family, and they had decided to leave.

• They wanted to find an estate of their own.

• They were both attached to Sir Charles, and they were sad and afraid after his death.

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Why was there a mounted soldier along the road by the moor?

• There was always a soldier posted at the gate.

• There was an important debutante coming through and there was a soldier posted there for protection.

• The soldier was waiting for Sir Henry and Watson to arrive from London.

• Seldon, the Notting Hill murderer, had escaped from Princeton.

What sound did Watson hear in the middle of the night?

• "It was the sob of a woman, the muffled, strangling gasp of one who is torn by an uncontrollable sorrow."

• "It was a howling noise on the moor, or perhaps a strange bird"

• "It was only I, Barrymore, Sir. I was searching for a lantern."

• It was a door slamming when someone left the house, and then a deathly scream.

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Before Watson left, Holmes told him to report only ...

• any presumptions he may have.

• all clues and what they lead to.

• the facts, not conjecture.

• eye witness accounts.

Who did Holmes tell Watson that he had eliminated as a suspect?

• Barrymore

• Desmond

• Stapleton

• the man with the beard

What is the dreary expanse of land that Watson, Mortimer, and Sir Henry observe as they approach their destination?

• the Tor

• The mote around Baskerville Hall

• Dartmoor

• the moor

What is the tone or mood that Doyle sets as he describes the moor?

• dreary, dangerous, impending doom

• happy, sunny, exciting

• busy, tense, anxious

• filled with workers farming the moor, challenging

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When the men arrive at the station, who are the police looking for?

• the man with the beard

• Barrymore

• an escaped convict

• the suspect who stole Sir Henry's boots