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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Inspector Fyfe say the coroner found in Pethering's stomach?
(a) Egg and bread
(b) Nothing, indicating that he hadn't eaten recently
(c) Gold flakes
(d) Roast beef, corn and potatoes

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

3. What is Tiggy?
(a) A hedgehog
(b) A kitten
(c) A bunny
(d) A puppy

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

5. Who pushes the plunger setting off the charges Ketteridge and Scheimann planted?
(a) Scheimann
(b) Russell
(c) Holmes
(d) Ketteridge

6. Who is with Ketteridge when Russell joins him after her bath?
(a) Serveral servers
(b) No one
(c) A half dozen guests
(d) Holmes

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

8. How old was Baring-Gould when he died?
(a) Eighty
(b) Eighty-four
(c) Ninety
(d) Eighty-nine

9. What does Ketteridge use to tie up Holmes?
(a) Blasting cord
(b) Wire
(c) Twine
(d) Heavy rope

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

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

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

13. 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) It doesn't say
(c) Near Devonshire
(d) Near Mary Tavy

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

15. What is Baring-Gould drinking when Russell joins him downstairs the morning after her return from Ketteridge's house in chapter fifteen?
(a) Tea
(b) Coffee
(c) Juice
(d) Milk

Short Answer Questions

1. In chapter eleven, Russell stays at Mary Tavy inn. What is it that a young man gives Russell?

2. What does the telegram from New York say about the previous actions of one of the men Holmes required about?

3. What time is it when Russell arrives back at Lew Trenchard?

4. Who drags Pethering's body from the water onto the shore?

5. What is the injury the horse sustains on the way back to Lew Trenchard?

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