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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many stories of sightings of the coach does Russell hear during the day of questioning in chapter eleven?
(a) Two
(b) One
(c) Twenty
(d) Eight

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

4. What phase is the moon in when Russell looks at the moor for the first time without rain, near the end of chapter ten?
(a) A sliver
(b) Half
(c) Quarter
(d) Full

5. Who drives on the day Holmes and Russell take Baring-Gould for one last trip onto the moor?
(a) There's no indication who drove
(b) Holmes
(c) Russell
(d) Baring-Gould

6. What was the original purpose of the Princetown Prison?
(a) To house widows during the famine
(b) To house prisoners during the Napoleonic War
(c) To house the insane around 1800
(d) To house orphans during World War I

7. How does Russell make her way from her hotel back to the train for the return trip to the moor?
(a) By tram
(b) By horse
(c) By taxi
(d) She walks

8. Where does Russell decide to take the injured horse?
(a) Elizabeth Chase's house
(b) A nearby farm
(c) Lew Trenchard
(d) Baskerville Hall

9. What kind of sandwich does Russell eat when she stops at the place where Tiggy was found?
(a) Peanut butter
(b) Chicken
(c) Cheese and pickle
(d) Roast beef

10. What does Holmes say was Ketteridge's fate?
(a) He was blown up by the charges
(b) The moor took him
(c) He was eaten by greed
(d) He was shot

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

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

13. What does Ketteridge say he'd like to hire Holmes to do?
(a) Look into the case of the hound
(b) Write a story about the hound
(c) Look into the possibility of gold in the moor
(d) Look into the strange death of Josiah Gorton

14. What are the smells that greet Russell after her long bath on the morning after her return to Lew Trenchard?
(a) Lavendar and Roses
(b) Tea and crumpets
(c) Coffee and yeast bread
(d) Wet wood burning and drying wool

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Miss Baskerville say she plans to marry?

2. What was Baring-Gould's mother's name?

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

4. What's in the trunk of the car on the day Holmes and Russell take Baring-Gould onto the moor one last time?

5. How many miles does Russell have to cover in order to reach the inn at Tavistock?

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