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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. Who drags Pethering's body from the water onto the shore?
(a) Budd
(b) The constable
(c) Several bystanders
(d) Holmes

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 rattle
(c) A bark
(d) A moan

3. How long have Holmes and Russell been on the moor when they return to Baring-Gould's house at the beginning of chapter seven?
(a) A week
(b) Three days
(c) Four days
(d) Six days

4. What is at the top of Gibbett Hill?
(a) A quarry
(b) A rock formation
(c) A skeleton
(d) A herd of sheep

5. What is Thomas Westaway doing when Holmes and Russell arrive at his farm?
(a) Having lunch
(b) Plowing
(c) Milking a cow
(d) Working on a fence

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holmes say the military have learned about "the next war?"

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

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

4. What is it that gets spilled on Russell during dinner?

5. What is the idiosyncrasy Russell discovers about the horse she's riding?

(see the answer key)

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