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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 Holmes say he knows Lady Blythe-Patton?
(a) She is Baring-Gould's daughter
(b) She grew up near his childhood home
(c) He found a necklace she'd lost
(d) He met her on the moor many years earlier

2. How long does it take Holmes and Russell to reach Lydford?
(a) An hour
(b) All day
(c) All afternoon
(d) Three hours

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

4. Where is the young couple from that swore they'd seen Lady Howard's coach from Gibbett Hill?
(a) Lew Trenchard
(b) America
(c) London
(d) Mary Tavy

5. What does Russell call Baring-Gould after their first meeting?
(a) Her hero
(b) A legend and scholar
(c) An old goat
(d) A pain

Short Answer Questions

1. What is served for the meal soon after Russell's arrival?

2. How does Ketteridge say he powers the lights at his home?

3. Where do Holmes and Russell go after their meal at the Inn at Two Bridges?

4. What happens that makes it difficult for Holmes to be sure they're on the exact spot where Lady Howard's coach was seen?

5. What is the name given to the bizarre shaped rocks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What are some of the details David Sheimann tells about the true curse of the Baskervilles?

4. Why does a young man who relates Johnny Trelawny's sighting of the coach say Johnny left the moor and what does Russell believe to be the real reason Johnny left?

5. What does Ketteridge say he does with his time and what does Russell realize this means about his fascination with Baskerville Hall?

6. What is the nickname given to the bogs on the moor and why is the nickname appropriate?

7. Describe the first meeting between Holmes and Pethering?

8. What are some of the physical aspects of the moor that Holmes describes to Russell after Baring-Gould goes to bed?

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

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

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