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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 Holmes and Watson first meet Sir Henry
Baskerville at _____.
a □ Baskerville Hall b □ Baker Street
c □ Waterloo Station d □ Downing Street
2 Dr Mortimer reads out a letter about the evil Sir
Hugo Baskerville who _____.
a □ lived in 1240 b □ lived in 1440
c □ lived in 1640 d □ lived in 1840
3 Baskerville Hall is in the county of _____.
a □ Devonshire b □ Yorkshire c □ Wiltshire
d □ Gloucestershire
4 Baskerville Hall is _____ building.
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a □ a large, beautiful b □ an ugly, modern
c □ a small, pretty d □ a dark, unwelcoming
5 Baskerville Hall is near a _____.
a □ dark, lonely forest b □ long, sandy beach
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c □ wild, dangerous moor d □ deep, wide river
6 Sir Charles died _____ of Baskerville Hall.
a □ in the garden b □ on the steps c □ in the
library d □ in the kitchen
7 Watson goes to talk to Laura Lyons at _____.
a □ Baskerville Hall b □ her house in Newton
c □ her father’s house d □ Stapleton’s house
8 Stapleton had a _____ in the north of England.
a □ shop b □ hotel c □ school d □ restaurant
9 Roger Baskerville, who was Stapleton’s father,
ran away to _____.
a □ South America b □ South Africa c □ the
South of France d □ South China
10 Sir Henry goes to have dinner at _____ and then
starts to walk home alone.
a □ a restaurant in Newton b □ Laura Lyons’
house c □ Mr Frankland’s house
d □ Stapleton’s house
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Sir Charles Baskerville gave some papers about
the Baskerville family to _____.
a □ Sherlock Holmes b □ Barrymore
c □ Dr Mortimer d □ Sir Henry Baskerville
12 Sir Charles was _____ man.
a □ a handsome and famous b □ an angry and
lonely c □ a dangerous and evil
d □ a friendly and generous
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13 Sir _____ Baskerville is the new head of the
Baskerville family.
a □ Hugo b □ William c □ Henry
d □ Charles
14 At first, _____ goes to Baskerville Hall on the
train to learn more about the case.
a □ Sherlock Holmes b □ Dr Watson
c □ Barrymore d □ Stapleton
15 _____ is a dangerous prisoner who escapes on
to the moor.
a □ Seldon b □ Mortimer c □ Stapleton
d □ Frankland
16 _____ falls in love with Miss Stapleton.
a □ Sir Henry Baskerville b □ Dr Watson
c □ Sherlock Holmes d □ Barrymore
17 Barrymore is Sir Charles’ butler, he has a _____.
a □ red beard b □ black beard c □ grey
moustache d □ brown moustache
18 Stapleton says that Miss Stapleton is his _____.
a □ wife b □ daughter c □ cousin d □ sister
19 Stapleton is helping Laura Lyons with her _____.
a □ house b □ farm c □ divorce d □ wedding
20 _____ likes arguing with people and studying
the stars.
a □ Dr Watson b □ Mr Frankland c □ Laura
Lyons d □ Miss Stapleton
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Dialogue
Who said or wrote this?
21 ‘I have come to see you because I need your help.
I think something terrible is going to happen in
the next twenty-four hours.’
a □ Dr Watson b □ Dr Mortimer
c □ Stapleton d □ Barrymore
22 ‘If you think Sir Charles’ death was caused by
something supernatural, my detective work can’t
help you.’
a □ Dr Watson b □ Dr Mortimer
c □ Sherlock Holmes d □ Sir Henry
Baskerville
23 ‘I can understand why my uncle felt that trouble
was coming to him here.’
a □ Laura Lyons b □ Miss Stapleton
c □ Barrymore d □ Sir Henry Baskerville
24 ‘Go straight back to London immediately. I
cannot tell you why, but please do what I ask
you, and never come near the moor again.’
a □ Dr Watson b □ Miss Stapleton
c □ Stapleton d □ Sir Henry Baskerville
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25 ‘It was the window, sir. I go round at night to see
that they are closed, and this one wasn’t shut.’
a □ Barrymore b □ Dr Mortimer c □ Mr
Frankland d □ Sir Henry Baskerville
26 ‘My unhappy brother is cold and hungry on the
moor. We cannot let him die.’
a □ Selden b □ Miss Stapleton c □ Laura
Lyons d □ Mrs Barrymore
27 ‘Why should I be ashamed of writing to him? I
wanted him to help me.’
a □ Stapleton b □ Mr Frankland c □ Laura
Lyons d □ Mrs Barrymore
28 ‘I have been searching the moors with my
telescope, and although I have not actually seen
the prisoner, I have seen the person who is
taking him food.’
a □ Stapleton b □ Miss Stapleton
c □ Dr Mortimer d □ Mr Frankland
29 ‘I have never been so glad to see anyone in my
life, nor so surprised.’
a □ Miss Stapleton b □ Dr Watson
c □ Barrymore d □ Sir Henry Baskerville
30 ‘I must apologize to you, Sir Henry. I put your
life in danger.’
a □ Sherlock Holmes b □ Dr Watson c □ Mr
Frankland d □ Miss Stapleton
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Choose the best answer.
31 very big
a □ tiny b □ huge c □ narrow d □ low
32 a row of small trees planted close together
a □ lane b □ path c □ forest d □ hedge
33 very wet, soft ground in the countryside
a □ park b □ hill c □ marsh d □ beach
34 to move along slowly and quietly keeping close
to the ground
a □ creep b □ chase c □ crash d □ catch
35 happy and smiling
a □ selfish b □ miserable c □ cheerful
d □ sincere
36 to go down under the water
a □ float b □ sink c □ swim d □ climb
37 a mark on the ground made by a shoe
a □ grass b □ hole c □ boot d □ footprint
38 a woman servant who does work like cleaning in
a large house
a □ lady b □ butler c □ maid d □ actress
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39 the end of a marriage by law
a □ wedding b □ divorce c □ engagement
d □ death
40 the front of a person’s neck
a □ throat b □ chest c □ forehead d □ face
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Years ago Sir Hugo Baskerville was killed by a
creature that looked like a _____.
a □ bear b □ tiger c □ lion d □ hound
42 Sir Charles Baskerville was very _____ before he
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a □ frightened and worried b □ bored and
unhappy c □ quiet and calm d □ happy and
excited
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43 Somebody takes one of Sir Henry Baskerville’s
_____ from his hotel.
a □ scarves b □ shirts c □ shoes d □ socks
44 Dr Watson sees Barrymore holding _____ in a
window at Baskerville Hall.
a □ a flag b □ a dog c □ a mirror d □ a light
45 Holmes comes to the moor and secretly stays in
_____.
a □ an old wooden house b □ an old stone hut
c □ a big hole d □ a small hotel
46 Seldon dies because he is _____.
a □ wearing Sir Henry’s old clothes
b □ wearing cold, wet clothes c □ drinking too
much d □ eating bad food
47 Stapleton puts special _____ on the hound.
a □ make up b □ paint c □ paper d □ hair
48 Holmes and Watson _____ the hound before it
kills Sir Henry Baskerville.
a □ catch b □ shout at c □ shoot d □ tie up
49 Stapleton wants to become the _____.
a □ most famous detective in England
b □ husband of Laura Lyons c □ head of a
school in Newton d □ head of the Baskerville
family
50 Stapleton loses his way in the fog and _____.
a □ sinks in the marsh b □ falls off a rock
c □ falls into the sea d □ hits a tree
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