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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Holmes and Russell have to eat when they stop at the public house in chapter three?
(a) Sandwiches
(b) Leek soup and game pie
(c) Turtle soup and boiled cabbage
(d) Bread and cheese

2. What does Holmes say was found on the ground near Josiah Gorton's body?
(a) A note
(b) Footprints of a large dog
(c) A bloody knife
(d) Gold nuggets

3. How long does Baring-Gould say he's been on the moor?
(a) Ninety years
(b) Fourteen years
(c) Seventy years
(d) Forty years

4. What does Holmes say is the only true rumor circulating on the moor at the moment?
(a) A girl ravished and dismembered
(b) The death of a tin miner
(c) An old woman drowned in a stream
(d) A man sacrificing a ram and drinking its blood

5. What does Russell wear down to breakfast?
(a) A dress to appease Baring-Gould
(b)
(c) Trousers, despite what Baring-Gould might think
(d)

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Russell say joins her and Holmes for tea when they return to the manor?

2. What was the original purpose of the pit near Baring-Gould's house?

3. What does Russell call Baring-Gould after their first meeting?

4. According to Baring-Gould, what did the young courting couple claim to be doing when they sighted Lady Howard's coach?

5. How many children does Baring-Gould say he has?

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