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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Holmes say happened to Sir Henry's two sons?
(a) They squandered their inheritance and are penniless
(b) They were killed in the war
(c) They are both worthless
(d) They died in a hunting accident

3. What does Pethering have in his hand that concerns Russell?
(a) A fireplace poker
(b) A small statue
(c) A book
(d) A gun

4. What time of day is Lady Howard supposed to be seen?
(a) Just after sunset
(b) Just before dawn
(c) After midnight
(d) Just before sunset

5. Where does the barman say Pethering has gone?
(a) To Baring-Gould's house
(b) To Baskerville Hall
(c) Out on the moor
(d) In search of gold

6. How long does Baring-Gould say he's been on the moor?
(a) Forty years
(b) Fourteen years
(c) Ninety years
(d) Seventy years

7. What does Russell say the conversation revolves around as she's leaving the room?
(a) Lady Howard's coach
(b) Josiah Gorton's death
(c) Cricket
(d) The various stories of the hound

8. Which of the following is a clue Holmes adds to Russell's list of sightings of Lady Howard's coach and the dog?
(a) The date Josiah Gorton was killed
(b) The date the courting couple saw the dog
(c) The date the granny heard the dog scratching at the door
(d) The date the couple saw the coach from Gibbett Hill

9. What does Russell say she did during her train ride to the moor?
(a) Read
(b) Slept
(c) Talked to a young mother and child
(d) Studied the maps of the area

10. Where is the young couple from that swore they'd seen Lady Howard's coach from Gibbett Hill?
(a) London
(b) America
(c) Lew Trenchard
(d) Mary Tavy

11. What are the Dartmoor Stables?
(a) Large barns where horses are housed
(b) Small pens where wild horses feed and can be caught
(c) Bogs that can such a person under
(d) The unnamed inns that dot the moor

12. What was the sound the young courting couple said they heard from the beast that was with Lady Howard's coach?
(a) A bark
(b) A moan
(c) A rattle
(d) A whine

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

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

15. What does Russell call Baring-Gould after their first meeting?
(a) An old goat
(b) Her hero
(c) A legend and scholar
(d) A pain

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Holmes propose to find the names of the couple who'd seen the coach from Gibbett Hill?

2. What does Holmes give Westaway before leaving him?

3. What does Russell say she's reminded of when she looks at the height of Dartmoor?

4. Where do Holmes and Russell go after their meal at the Inn at Two Bridges?

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

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