Hound of the Baskervilles Ch. 6-10 Quiz

“‘Your net and box would have told me as much,’ said I, ‘for I knew that Mr. Stapleton was _____________’” (Conan Doyle 70).

• a detective

• a scientist

• a naturalist

• an adventurer

“ ‘This is the great ___________,’ said he. ‘A false step yonder means death to man or beast. Only yesterday I saw one of the moor ponies wander into it. He never came out’” (Conan Doyle 73).

• Grimpen Moor

• Grimpen Mire

• Grimpen Bog

• Grimpen Lake

“She had a proud, finely cut face, so regular that it might have seemed impassive were it not for the sensitive mouth and the beautiful dark, eager eyes. With her perfect figure and elegant dress she was, indeed, a strange apparition upon a lonely moorland path” (Conan Doyle 75).

This description is of whom?

• Mrs. Barrymore

• the scullery maid at the manor

• an unknown woman who comes to call

• Beryl Stapleton

Which character is described as being very litigious (meaning he or she loves to be in court, suing somebody)?

• Frankland

• Stapleton

• Barrymore

• Selden

“ ‘You would have thought the middle of that prairie a fairly safe place for a man to be private,’ said he, ‘but by thunder, the whole countryside seems to have been out to see me do my wooing—and a mighty poor wooing at that!’” (Conan Doyle 93). In this scene, ______________ is wooing ________________, and ________________ spoils it.

• Watson / Miss Stapleton / Henry

• Watson / Miss Stapleton / Mr. Stapleton

• Henry / Miss Stapleton / Watson

• Henry / Miss Stapleton / Mr. Stapleton

“ ‘My unhappy brother is starving on the moor. We cannot let him perish at our gates!’” (Conan Doyle 99). ____________________ is speaking, and the character’s brother’s name is __________________________.

• Dr. Mortimer / Mr. Stapleton

• Mrs. Barrymore / Selden

• Mr. Barrymore / Selden

• Selden / Henry

“There, outlined as black as an ebony statue on that shining background, I saw the figure of a _________________ upon the tor” (Conan Doyle 104).

• hound

• man

• woman

• pony

“‘I know why [Sir Charles] was at the gate at that hour. It was to meet a _______________________’” (Conan Doyle 109).

• gypsy

• man

• stranger

• woman

Who is L.L.?

• Lindsey Lovecraft

• Lawrence Lubbers

• Lieutenant Lestrade

• Laura Lyons

Barrymore states that he shall be very glad to see whom go back to London?

• his wife

• Watson

• Henry

• Selden