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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the idiosyncrasy Russell discovers about the horse she's riding?
(a) He shies
(b) He's eager to run
(c) He hates birds
(d) He goes left when she urges him to go right

2. In chapter eleven, Russell stays at Mary Tavy inn. What is it that a young man gives Russell?
(a) A tin whistle
(b) Useful information
(c) A pair of binoculars
(d) A map of the moor with sightings listed

3. What does the telegram from New York say about the previous actions of one of the men Holmes required about?
(a) That he was a gold miner
(b) That he had killed his wife
(c) That he was headmaster of a school
(d) That he was suspected of a real estate scam

4. Which of the following items does Russell say she's afraid someone will ask her to take along?
(a) A quarter in case she needs to make a phone call
(b) An extra map
(c) A letter of introduction
(d) A butterfly net

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

6. 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

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

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

9. Who drags Pethering's body from the water onto the shore?
(a) Holmes
(b) The constable
(c) Budd
(d) Several bystanders

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

11. What does Baring-Gould say is his relationship to Holmes?
(a) He is Holmes' uncle
(b) He is Holmes' godfather
(c) He is Holmes' second cousin
(d) He is Holmes' grandfather

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

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) Nothing
(c) Books
(d) A picnic lunch

14. What is Pethering's real name, according to a telegram that arrives just as Holmes and Russell are setting down to dinner?
(a) Ricardo Pethering
(b) Randolph Parker
(c) Richard Pritchard
(d) Peter Richards

15. What is the snack young Samuel stops to eat on his way home from his aunt's house?
(a) Peanut butter
(b) Roast beef
(c) Scones
(d) Bread and cheese

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell have to drink with the meal she has at Postbridge?

2. What does Inspector Fyfe say the coroner found in Pethering's stomach?

3. What does Ketteridge say was the most exciting moment of his life?

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

5. What are the smells that greet Russell after her long bath on the morning after her return to Lew Trenchard?

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