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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Miss Baskerville say she plans to marry?
(a) Never
(b) In the summer
(c) In March
(d) Within the month

2. What does Baring-Gould say he'd dreamed of?
(a) Drowning in a flooded quarry
(b) Being a child by the seashore
(c) Being caught in a storm on the moor
(d) Being married to his childhood sweetheart

3. How does Baring-Gould arrive at the scene of Pethering's body?
(a) He walks
(b) He doesn't
(c) In a sedan chair
(d) On horseback

4. What does Miss Baskerville say happened to strengthen her resolve to find a tenant for Baskerville Hall?
(a) Pipes burst
(b) She planned to marry
(c) The war began
(d) Tax laws became very expensive

5. What position does the young man named Adam hold, according to Baring-Gould?
(a) Doctor
(b) Constable
(c) Groundskeeper at Lew Trenchard
(d) Head beekeeper

6. What item of clothing does Russell leave out of the bag she packs at the beginning of chapter ten?
(a) A frock
(b) A light sweater
(c) Socks
(d) A dressing gown

7. Which of the following was among the items found in Pethering's bag?
(a) A suit
(b) A pair of hiking boots
(c) A textbook from the class he taught
(d) A letter from an aunt

8. What weapon is Russell carrying when she and Holmes go onto the moor in search of Ketteridge and Schiemann?
(a) A shotgun
(b) A knife
(c) A pistol
(d) A handful of grenades

9. Where is Wheal Betsy located?
(a) Just west of Mary Tavy
(b) Just south of Mary Tavy
(c) At the foot of Gibbett Hill
(d) Just north of Mary Tavy

10. What is Russell thinking of when she's thrown from her horse and begins to cry?
(a) Her aching back
(b) The pain of her cold and fever
(c) Home
(d) The lack of useful information

11. What color are the shoes is the child wearing when she directs Russell toward Elizabeth Chase's house?
(a) Brown
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) She's not wearing any

12. Baring-Gould tells Russell about a case of fraud in which the moor was "salted" with what metal?
(a) Iron
(b) Copper
(c) Silver
(d) Tin

13. What is the name of the horse Russell takes for her trip onto the moor?
(a) Buck
(b) Red
(c) Paint
(d) Beauty

14. Where is the doctor when Russell goes looking for the Taylor family?
(a) Tending a woman with rheumatism
(b) Attending a funeral
(c) Attending a birth
(d) Riding on the moor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the idiosyncrasy Russell discovers about the horse she's riding?

2. What does Ketteridge use to tie up Holmes?

3. What is Baring-Gould drinking when Russell joins him downstairs the morning after her return from Ketteridge's house in chapter fifteen?

4. What kind of sandwich does Russell eat when she stops at the place where Tiggy was found?

5. How old was Baring-Gould when he died?

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