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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 through 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Russell call Baring-Gould after their first meeting?
(a) A legend and scholar
(b) A pain
(c) Her hero
(d) An old goat

2. What time of day is Lady Howard supposed to be seen?
(a) Just before sunset
(b) Just after sunset
(c) After midnight
(d) Just before dawn

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

4. What is the farmer doing when Holmes and Russell reach the farmhouse after being caught in the fog?
(a) Milking a cow
(b) Taking a nap
(c) Having lunch
(d) Attempting to deliver a cow

5. What is the talent Holmes says Russell has kept hidden from him?
(a) The ability to sing traditional ballads
(b) The ability to drink the locals under the table
(c) The ability to dance an Irish jib
(d) The ability to play the tin whistle

Short Answer Questions

1. How long have Holmes and Russell been on the moor when they return to Baring-Gould's house at the beginning of chapter seven?

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

3. What is Thomas Westaway doing when Holmes and Russell arrive at his farm?

4. Why is Holmes angry on the way to Ketteridge's house?

5. What is the name of the horse Russell takes for her trip onto the moor?

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