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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 through 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the sound the young courting couple said they heard from the beast that was with Lady Howard's coach?
(a) A whine
(b) A bark
(c) A moan
(d) A rattle

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

4. What is Russell thinking of when she's thrown from her horse and begins to cry?
(a) The lack of useful information
(b) Home
(c) Her aching back
(d) The pain of her cold and fever

5. Which of the following is a clue Holmes adds to Russell's list of sightings of Lady Howard's coach and the dog?
(a) The date Josiah Gorton was killed
(b) The date the granny heard the dog scratching at the door
(c) The date the couple saw the coach from Gibbett Hill
(d) The date the courting couple saw the dog

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Elliott provide for Russell to drink when she returns to the house?

2. What does Holmes give Westaway before leaving him?

3. What does the older lady at the farmhouse call Holmes?

4. What is the snack young Samuel stops to eat on his way home from his aunt's house?

5. What kind of building is Wheal Betsy?

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