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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 color are the shoes is the child wearing when she directs Russell toward Elizabeth Chase's house?
(a) Brown
(b) She's not wearing any
(c) Black
(d) Blue

2. What does the young man in chapter ten tell Russell Elizabeth Chase wants to talk to her about?
(a) A boy who'd seen Lady Howard
(b) Her marriage to Holmes
(c) The carriage
(d) A hedge hog

3. Who is with Ketteridge when Russell joins him after her bath?
(a) Serveral servers
(b) Holmes
(c) A half dozen guests
(d) No one

4. What does the liver mortis indicate to Russell about Pethering's body?
(a) Nothing
(b) That he couldn't have been dead more than a half hour
(c) That he had been brutally beaten
(d) That he didn't die in the water

5. What words does Russell use to describe the music she's heard on the moor?
(a) Eerie
(b) Simplistic
(c) Exciting
(d) Human

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Elliott provide for Russell to drink when she returns to the house?

2. How does Russell get word to Holmes that she's going to be late?

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

4. What is Holmes' objective with regard to Ketteridge's means of conveyance?

5. Where is Elizabeth Chase when Russell first sees her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are some of the clues Holmes and Russell find that lead them to the conclusion that Scheimann and Ketteridge are involved?

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

5. How does Russell find her way to Elizabeth Chase's house?

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

7. What does Holmes learn about Pethering's true identity and how does he learn it?

8. What does Russell do to express her appreciation of Elizabeth Chase's ability to be a good witness and what is Elizabeth's reaction to Russell's action?:

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

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

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