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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Russell tell Holmes about the efforts to preserve the marks at the scene where Pethering's body was found?
(a) There's nothing to preserve
(b) Russell has mapped everything
(c) There's a tarp over it
(d) The inspector has taken over the scene

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

3. When the young family arrives at Lew Trenchard looking for a place to stay, who is it that offers them a house for a week?
(a) Mrs. Elliott
(b) The doctor
(c) The constable
(d) Baring-Gould

4. Who does Russell say she believes Ketteridge was trying to get away from Baskerville Hall when she'd dropped in unexpectedly?
(a) Pethering
(b) Miss Baskerville
(c) She doesn't know
(d) Mary Tavy

5. 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) Quarter
(b) A sliver
(c) Half
(d) Full

6. Who is Mycroft?
(a) Holmes' brother
(b) Russell's brother
(c) Baring-Gould's son
(d) The constable

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

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

9. What does Russell have to drink with the meal she has at Postbridge?
(a) Red wine
(b) Ale
(c) Beer
(d) Milk

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

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

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

13. What is the nickname given to Russell by the people of hte moor?
(a) Znoop Russell
(b) Mrs. Znoop Zherlock
(c) Zherlock Mary
(d) Znoop Mary

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to make Holmes and Russell change their minds about which night they should go onto the moor to try to catch Ketteridge and Schiemann salting the gold?

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

3. What is the nationality of Ketteridge's cook?

4. Which of the following are among the things Russell notes about Postbridge?

5. What is Ketteridge using to cover the sounds of his "salting" the moor with gold?

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