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

2. What is the herd of animals Holmes and Russell meet on the way to Mary Tavy?
(a) Sheep
(b) Cattle
(c) Ponies
(d) Goats

3. Which of the following items does Russell say she's afraid someone will ask her to take along?
(a) An extra map
(b) A letter of introduction
(c) A butterfly net
(d) A quarter in case she needs to make a phone call

4. How many of the people at the inn at the beginning of chapter eleven know who Russell is?
(a) All of them
(b) Only the manager
(c) No one
(d) Only three or four

5. What kind of lights does Holmes say the young people saw on what they believed to be Lady Howard's coach?
(a) Flashlights
(b) Only a faint glow
(c) Old-fashioned lanterns
(d) None

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it in one of the rooms that reminds Russell of Moroccan architecture?

3. What is the first thing Holmes does when he and Russell go inside the Drake farmhouse?

4. How does Holmes say he knows Lady Blythe-Patton?

5. What is the subject of the song Russell requests from the singing moor men?

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