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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Holmes and Russell have to drink when they stop at the public house in chapter three?
(a) Beer
(b) Wine
(c) Lemonade
(d) Water

2. What is at the top of Gibbett Hill?
(a) A quarry
(b) A rock formation
(c) A herd of sheep
(d) A skeleton

3. What does David Schiemann say the hound is searching for?
(a) His master
(b) His mate
(c) His mistress
(d) A soul

4. How does Russell learn that Lew House is two miles north of the station?
(a) The porter tells her
(b) A note left by Holmes
(c) There's a man waiting to escort her
(d) Shes seen it on her map

5. Where does the barman say Pethering has gone?
(a) Out on the moor
(b) To Baring-Gould's house
(c) In search of gold
(d) To Baskerville Hall

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ketteridge say he made his fortune?

2. Where does Holmes drop his hat and gloves?

3. What does Schiemann say caused his outburst earlier in the evening?

4. Why is Holmes angry on the way to Ketteridge's house?

5. What is the secondary case Holmes is supposed to be working while he's in Dartmoor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the sounds reported by those who sighted the coach and hound, according to Baring-Gould?

2. What are some of the details Cleave offers up about Josiah Gorton and about their last conversation?

3. What is the substance of the second telegram Russell receives? What's the significance of that telegram with regard to the relationship between Russell and Holmes?

4. What is Cleave doing when Holmes and Russell arrive at his house and what does he ask of Holmes and Russell before taking them inside for tea?

5. Briefly describe the church Russell finds on the property.

6. What are some of the details Ketteridge reveals about his life prior to his arrival in Dartmoor?

7. Describe the first meeting between Holmes and Pethering?

8. What does Holmes search for when he reaches the spot Baring-Gould marked as the last place Lady Howard's coach has been seen and why does he fail to find it?

9. As Holmes and Russell are making their way back to Lew Trenchard after their first foray onto the moor, how does Russell say about her physical state as compared to Holmes? Does she say this is typical?

10. Who was Josiah Gorton and why is his death important to Baring-Gould?

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