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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Thomas Westaway doing when Holmes and Russell arrive at his farm?
2. What is it in one of the rooms that reminds Russell of Moroccan architecture?
3. What is the farmer doing when Holmes and Russell reach the farmhouse after being caught in the fog?
4. How many horses does Westaway say he actually saw?
5. What does Russell find on her dinner tray after her bath?
Short Essay Questions
1. List at least three of the events Holmes and Russell list as they compile clues about the case so far.
2. How do Russell and Holmes find the shelter where they eat their lunch during the first trek onto the moor?
3. Who is the first to call Holmes by his nickname and how did the nickname come to be commonly used on the moor?
4. What is the role of the hound in the legend of Lady Howard's coach?
5. What is the legend of Lady Howard's coach?
6. What is the substance of the second telegram Russell receives? What's the significance of that telegram with regard to the relationship between Russell and Holmes?
7. What is Pethering's purpose for wanting to see Baring-Gould?
8. Briefly describe the church Russell finds on the property.
9. What is the mystery Baring-Gould has asked Holmes and Russell to solve?
10. What does Ketteridge say he does with his time and what does Russell realize this means about his fascination with Baskerville Hall?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Russell and Holmes discover that people on the moor are very helpful in their willingness to relate any scrap of information about Lady Howard's coach and the hound. Which pieces of information are presented by people on the moor and which are pertinent to the solving of the mystery? Why are the people so anxious to tell their stories? Why is there one family that are not willing to tell their story? What does this say about the people of the moor? Is it reasonable and realistic?
Essay Topic 2
Russell and Holmes discover that Ketteridge and Scheimann are "salting" the hills with gold. How do Holmes and Russell individually come to the same conclusion? What is the meaning of this word "salting" in this context? How is it done? Why is it being done?
Essay Topic 3
Russell plays a tin whistle at one of the inns and the story of this event obviously spreads across the moor. What does this say about Russell's character? What does it say about the people of the moor? Describe, in detail, the scene in which Russell is asked to play again.
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