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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Russell get word to Holmes that she's going to be late?
(a) Sends a boy with a message
(b) She telephones
(c) She depends on word of mouth
(d) She doesn't

2. What does Russell come to realize about the trip home in Ketteridge's car the night after her horse was injured?
(a) That Pethering's body was also in the car
(b) That it was the last time she would see Ketteridge
(c) That she'd narrowly escaped being killed
(d) That she'd been riding with a con artist

3. What does Russell say she was doing on the moor that brought her to Ketteridge's house?
(a) Looking for clues
(b) Out for a ride
(c) Meeting Holmes
(d) Hoping for a chance to see him again

4. What does Ketteridge say prompted that toast?
(a) He has inherited a great deal of money
(b) He has discovered gold on the moor
(c) He is pleased to see Russell
(d) He has a buyer for Baskerville Hall

5. Who drives Russell back to Lew Trenchard?
(a) Baring-Gould's driver
(b) Ketteridge's hired driver
(c) Schiemann
(d) Ketteridge

6. What is used to sweeten the tea served at Elizabeth Chases's house?
(a) Nothing
(b) Treacle
(c) Sugar
(d) Honey

7. Where does Ketteridge say he and Scheimann first met?
(a) On a boat
(b) In California
(c) In Dartmoor
(d) In London

8. What is Holmes' objective with regard to Ketteridge's means of conveyance?
(a) He plans to look it over so he can testify about it in court
(b) He plans to find it and set a trap
(c) He sends Russell to look for it
(d) He plans to disable it

9. Who brings Holmes the next telegram about Ketteridge and Schiemann?
(a) Mrs. Elliott
(b) Russell
(c) The constable
(d) Rosemary

10. 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

11. What does Ketteridge say was the most exciting moment of his life?
(a) When he met Russell
(b) When he met Holmes
(c) When he discovered gold
(d) When he bought Baskerville Hall

12. What does Mrs. Elliott provide for Russell to drink when she returns to the house?
(a) Tea and whiskey
(b) Hot milk
(c) Coffee
(d) Brandy

13. What's in the trunk of the car on the day Holmes and Russell take Baring-Gould onto the moor one last time?
(a) Blankets and cushions
(b) A picnic lunch
(c) Books
(d) Nothing

14. Who joins Russell for dinner the night after Pethering's body is discovered?
(a) The constable
(b) Holmes
(c) Baring-Gould
(d) No one

15. According to the reference to gold in Baring-Gould's book, where was the gold-washing apparatus found on the moor?
(a) Near Two Bridges Inn
(b) Near Mary Tavy
(c) It doesn't say
(d) Near Devonshire

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the horse Russell takes for her trip onto the moor?

2. What does the young man in chapter ten tell Russell Elizabeth Chase wants to talk to her about?

3. What is Russell thinking of when she's thrown from her horse and begins to cry?

4. Which of the following was among the items found in Pethering's bag?

5. Baring-Gould tells Russell about a case of fraud in which the moor was "salted" with what metal?

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