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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 happens to make Holmes and Russell change their minds about which night they should go onto the moor to try to catch Ketteridge and Schiemann salting the gold?
(a) They don't change their minds
(b) The telegram gives them new information
(c) The military tanks pull in
(d) A thunderstorm arrives

2. What is Schiemann's interest in Baskerville Hall?
(a) His father was cheated out of inheriting it
(b) He'd read about it
(c) His cousins owned it
(d) He had no interest in it

3. Who does Russell say she believes Ketteridge was trying to get away from Baskerville Hall when she'd dropped in unexpectedly?
(a) Miss Baskerville
(b) She doesn't know
(c) Pethering
(d) Mary Tavy

4. What does Russell say she was doing on the moor that brought her to Ketteridge's house?
(a) Looking for clues
(b) Meeting Holmes
(c) Out for a ride
(d) Hoping for a chance to see him again

5. How does Baring-Gould arrive at the scene of Pethering's body?
(a) He walks
(b) He doesn't
(c) In a sedan chair
(d) On horseback

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mycroft?

2. What is Pethering's real name, according to a telegram that arrives just as Holmes and Russell are setting down to dinner?

3. What does the liver mortis indicate to Russell about Pethering's body?

4. Who drags Pethering's body from the water onto the shore?

5. What does Miss Baskerville say happened to strengthen her resolve to find a tenant for Baskerville Hall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Inspector Fyfe say about Pethering's body?

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

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

4. Describe Ketteridge's mood when Russell goes downstairs after her bath and what does Russell note about his appearance?

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

6. How does Russell go about getting Pethering's body out of the lake?

7. What is the purpose of Ketteridge and Scheimann salting the moor with gold and what is the purpose of creating the illusion of Lady Howard's coach and the ghostly hound?

8. How does Russell get a group of men to sing the song about Lady Howard's coach?

9. What does Holmes say he believe to be the purpose of the pipes he found buried near the old tin works?

10. What is the story Ketteridge tells about being caught in a snow slide?

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