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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. Where does Ketteridge say he made his fortune?
(a) Alaska goldfields
(b) California goldfields
(c) The stock market
(d) The drygoods business

2. What does Baring-Gould say is the reason it's difficult to keep bees on the moor?
(a) The wind
(b) The lack of flowers
(c) The constant rain
(d) The lengthy winter

3. Which of the following does Holmes not use when he's explaining Baring-Gould's identity to Russell upon their first meeting?
(a) Theologian
(b) friend
(c) Historian
(d) Godfather

4. What does Samuel Taylor say about the new owners of his farm?
(a) That he hopes they'll sell it to him
(b) That he hopes they die
(c) That he hopes they enjoy it
(d) That he hopes they paid dearly for it

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time do Holmes and Russell arrive back at Baring-Gould's house after the evening with Ketteridge?

2. Where does the barman say Pethering has gone?

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

4. According to the reference to gold in Baring-Gould's book, where was the gold-washing apparatus found on the moor?

5. What is Holmes' objective with regard to Ketteridge's means of conveyance?

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