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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 many stories of sightings of the coach does Russell hear during the day of questioning in chapter eleven?
(a) Eight
(b) Two
(c) Twenty
(d) One

2. Where is Wheal Betsy located?
(a) Just south of Mary Tavy
(b) Just north of Mary Tavy
(c) Just west of Mary Tavy
(d) At the foot of Gibbett Hill

3. What does Samuel Taylor say about the new owners of his farm?
(a) That he hopes they enjoy it
(b) That he hopes they die
(c) That he hopes they paid dearly for it
(d) That he hopes they'll sell it to him

4. Who drives Russell back to Lew Trenchard?
(a) Schiemann
(b) Ketteridge's hired driver
(c) Baring-Gould's driver
(d) Ketteridge

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Russell decide to take the injured horse?

2. How old was Baring-Gould when he died?

3. According to the reference to gold in Baring-Gould's book, where was the gold-washing apparatus found on the moor?

4. What does Ketteridge say he'd like to hire Holmes to do?

5. What phase is the moon in when Russell looks at the moor for the first time without rain, near the end of chapter ten?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how and why Russell's attitude toward Baring-Gould has changed by this point in the book.

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

4. What does Russell say about the people she questions about the coach and the hound and their reliability?

5. Describe the moment in which Russell's attitude about the moor changes?

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

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

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

9. Briefly describe the conversation between Russell and the man who says that Elizabeth Chase wants to see her.

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

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