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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. Which of the following are among the things Russell notes about Postbridge?
(a) There are no church buildings but there is a school
(b) There are two churches and a phone kiosk
(c) There are many houses in a rouch circle around the town's center
(d) There are three places to buy liquor and one place to eat

2. How long have Russell and Holmes been married?
(a) Ten years
(b) Two years
(c) Three years
(d) Nine years

3. What is the idiosyncrasy Russell discovers about the horse she's riding?
(a) He shies
(b) He's eager to run
(c) He goes left when she urges him to go right
(d) He hates birds

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

5. How does Holmes say he knows Lady Blythe-Patton?
(a) He met her on the moor many years earlier
(b) She is Baring-Gould's daughter
(c) She grew up near his childhood home
(d) He found a necklace she'd lost

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Russell hear when she wakes in the middle of the night?

3. How long does Baring-Gould say he's been on the moor?

4. Who does Holmes say has asked him to look into an unrelated matter while he's on the moor?

5. Where is the cat asleep in the early part of chapter nine?

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