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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. How does Ketteridge say he powers the lights at his home?
(a) An electric line from town
(b) Generators and batteries
(c) Wind turbines and batteries
(d) Water turbines and batteries

2. Which of the following is a clue Holmes adds to Russell's list of sightings of Lady Howard's coach and the dog?
(a) The date Josiah Gorton was killed
(b) The date the couple saw the coach from Gibbett Hill
(c) The date the granny heard the dog scratching at the door
(d) The date the courting couple saw the dog

3. How much higher does Holmes say Dartmoor is than their current position?
(a) He doesn't say
(b) Twelve hundred feet
(c) Two hundred feet
(d) A hundred feet

4. What is it that gets spilled on Russell during dinner?
(a) Coffee
(b) Gravy
(c) Wine
(d) Soup

5. How does Holmes propose to find the names of the couple who'd seen the coach from Gibbett Hill?
(a) He'll call the police
(b) Check with guest registries from the local inns
(c) He'll ask at a farm in the area
(d) He'll ask at the train station

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time of day is Lady Howard supposed to be seen?

3. Where does the barman say Pethering has gone?

4. What do Holmes and Russell have to eat when they stop at the public house in chapter three?

5. Where did Josiah Gorton spend the afternoon before his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Holmes and Russell talk about while they eat their lunch at the shepherds hut and why is the conversation humorous?

2. How do Russell and Holmes find the shelter where they eat their lunch during the first trek onto the moor?

3. What is the mystery Baring-Gould has asked Holmes and Russell to solve?

4. 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?

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

6. What are the tors and how are they named?

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

8. What is the legend of Lady Howard's coach?

9. What is Pethering's purpose for wanting to see Baring-Gould?

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

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