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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 is Holmes' objective with regard to Ketteridge's means of conveyance?
(a) He plans to find it and set a trap
(b) He plans to disable it
(c) He sends Russell to look for it
(d) He plans to look it over so he can testify about it in court

2. Who drives on the day Holmes and Russell take Baring-Gould for one last trip onto the moor?
(a) Baring-Gould
(b) Holmes
(c) Russell
(d) There's no indication who drove

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

4. Where does Ketteridge say he and Scheimann first met?
(a) On a boat
(b) In Dartmoor
(c) In London
(d) In California

5. How old was Baring-Gould when he died?
(a) Ninety
(b) Eighty-nine
(c) Eighty-four
(d) Eighty

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week does Samuel see the hound?

2. What color are the shoes is the child wearing when she directs Russell toward Elizabeth Chase's house?

3. What are the smells that greet Russell after her long bath on the morning after her return to Lew Trenchard?

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

5. What does Russell come to realize about the trip home in Ketteridge's car the night after her horse was injured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things Holmes and Russell discover at Pethering's apartment?

2. What is the "gold story" Russell reads about in Baring-Gould's book in his chapter about Okehampton?

3. What is the story Elizabeth Chase tells about the hedgehog?

4. What does Baring-Gould say about his relationship to Holmes and what's Russell's reaction?

5. Why does Ketteridge ask about Russell's knowledge of the sightings of the hounds and Lady Howard's coach? What does Russell respond?

6. What is Russell's dilemma when she gets back to Lew Trenchard after being at Baskerville Hall?

7. What does Holmes believe to be the truth about Scheimann's disposal of Pethering's body and what is Russell's reaction?

8. What does Holmes learn about the true identities of Ketteridge and Scheimann and how does he learn this?

9. What happens when Red shies soon after leaving Elizabeth Chase's house?

10. What is the story Elizabeth Chase tells about young Samuel?

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