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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 26, Author's Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Russell use to compare Dartmoor to the Palestinian desert?
(a) A wet desert
(b) A lost world
(c) An oasis
(d) A green desert

2. What does Inspector Fyfe say the coroner found in Pethering's stomach?
(a) Roast beef, corn and potatoes
(b) Egg and bread
(c) Nothing, indicating that he hadn't eaten recently
(d) Gold flakes

3. What was the original purpose of the pit near Baring-Gould's house?
(a) Garbage disposal
(b) A tin mine
(c) A quarry
(d) Water for the region

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

5. What does Baring-Gould say he's reading when Russell joins him the morning after her return from Ketteridge's house?
(a) A history of the moor
(b) Nothing
(c) A draft of his memoirs
(d) The Bible

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the secondary case Holmes is supposed to be working while he's in Dartmoor?

2. What position does the young man named Adam hold, according to Baring-Gould?

3. Where did Josiah Gorton spend the afternoon before his death?

4. What day are Russell and Holmes supposed to meet back at Lew House?

5. What does the telegram from New York say about the previous actions of one of the men Holmes required about?

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