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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 does the telegram from New York say about the previous actions of one of the men Holmes required about?
(a) That he was a gold miner
(b) That he was suspected of a real estate scam
(c) That he was headmaster of a school
(d) That he had killed his wife

2. Where is the doctor when Russell goes looking for the Taylor family?
(a) Tending a woman with rheumatism
(b) Riding on the moor
(c) Attending a birth
(d) Attending a funeral

3. What is the subject of the first song the singing moor men perform?
(a) A young couple in love
(b) A lazy young man
(c) A loose young woman
(d) An old woman who is dying

4. What is Ketteridge using to cover the sounds of his "salting" the moor with gold?
(a) The rattle of Lady Howard's coach
(b) Blasts from a mining operation
(c) Trains
(d) Thunderstorms

5. What kind of lights does Holmes say the young people saw on what they believed to be Lady Howard's coach?
(a) Flashlights
(b) Old-fashioned lanterns
(c) Only a faint glow
(d) None

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the toast Ketteridge proposes when Russell joins him?

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

3. What is the name of the horse Russell takes for her trip onto the moor?

4. What does Samuel Taylor say about the new owners of his farm?

5. What does Russell have to drink with the meal she has at Postbridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Russell greeted when she reaches Baskerville Hall and what is the conclusion she comes to?

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

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

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

7. What does Russell say about the two speeds Red has and what she believes to be her options other than accepting this?

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

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

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

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