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The Moor: A Mary Russell Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 124 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 long does Baring-Gould say he's been on the moor?
(a) Seventy years
(b) Fourteen years
(c) Ninety years
(d) Forty years

2. What is the first thing Holmes does when he and Russell go inside the Drake farmhouse?
(a) They don't go inside
(b) Asks if Drake killed Josiah Gorton
(c) Asks for tea
(d) Puts wood on the smouldering fire

3. What else does Holmes say he found in Josiah Gortons cache?
(a) Tin and tools
(b) Money and food
(c) Maps and a diary
(d) Cooking utensils and bedding

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

5. What is the name given to the bizarre shaped rocks?
(a) Stonehenge
(b) Tors
(c) Radonrocks
(d) Rabbits

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell find on her dinner tray after her bath?

2. What does the telegram from Holmes indicate that Russell is supposed to bring with her to Devonshire?

3. What does Russell believe to be in the vial Holmes finds in Joshiah Gorton's cache the morning after they camp in the cave?

4. Where does Russell spend the afternoon near the end of chapter nine?

5. What is the farmer doing when Holmes and Russell reach the farmhouse after being caught in the fog?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the first meeting between Holmes and Pethering?

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

4. Who are the three people at Baring-Gould's house when Holmes and Russell return and what is Russell's opinion of them?

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

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

7. What is the role of the hound in the legend of Lady Howard's coach?

8. Who is the first to call Holmes by his nickname and how did the nickname come to be commonly used on the moor?

9. 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?

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

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