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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 kind of building is Wheal Betsy?
(a) Brick
(b) Adobe
(c) Sod
(d) Wood

2. What time do Holmes and Russell arrive back at Baring-Gould's house after the evening with Ketteridge?
(a) After midnight
(b) After ten in the evening
(c) After nine in the evening
(d) After two in the morning

3. How much higher does Holmes say Dartmoor is than their current position?
(a) A hundred feet
(b) Two hundred feet
(c) He doesn't say
(d) Twelve hundred feet

4. How often does Henry Cleave say Josiah Gorton had offered to buy him a drink?
(a) Only when he'd found a wealthy strike of tin
(b) Never
(c) Only when he'd found gold
(d) Every time they met

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Holmes and Russell have to drink when they stop at the public house in chapter three?

2. What words does Russell use to describe the music she's heard on the moor?

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

4. Where does Russell decide to take the injured horse?

5. What is the name given to the bizarre shaped rocks?

(see the answer key)

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