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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it in one of the rooms that reminds Russell of Moroccan architecture?
(a) Plants
(b) Silk furniture in brilliant colors
(c) An ornamental fire pit
(d) Pillows on a couch

2. Why does Russell say she has to walk hunched over in the rain?
(a) To make it clear to Holmes that she's miserable
(b) To keep the rain off her glasses
(c) The keep the wind out of her face
(d) To keep the rain out of her collar

3. Which of the following does Holmes not use when he's explaining Baring-Gould's identity to Russell upon their first meeting?
(a) friend
(b) Historian
(c) Godfather
(d) Theologian

4. According to Baring-Gould, what did the young courting couple claim to be doing when they sighted Lady Howard's coach?
(a) Sitting in the loft of a barn
(b) Walking along a path
(c) Sitting on top of a wall
(d) Lying beside a wall

5. What does the older lady at the farmhouse call Holmes?
(a) Sir
(b) Master
(c) Mister
(d) Snoop Sherlock

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Russell spend the afternoon near the end of chapter nine?

2. What does Holmes give Westaway before leaving him?

3. What was the sound the young courting couple said they heard from the beast that was with Lady Howard's coach?

4. How does Holmes propose to find the names of the couple who'd seen the coach from Gibbett Hill?

5. What does Russell smell when she wakes after a night of drinking with the locals?

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