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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 the herd of animals Holmes and Russell meet on the way to Mary Tavy?
2. What time do Holmes and Russell arrive back at Baring-Gould's house after the evening with Ketteridge?
3. What does the older lady at the farmhouse call Holmes?
4. What is at the top of Gibbett Hill?
5. How often does Henry Cleave say Josiah Gorton had offered to buy him a drink?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the legend of Lady Howard's coach?
2. What are some of the things Holmes learns in the inn on the night when Russell plays the tin whistle?
3. How does Russell know Holmes is not happy about the evening at Ketteridge's house and what does Holmes say is the source of that irritation?
4. Briefly describe the church Russell finds on the property.
5. 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?
6. What are some of the details Ketteridge reveals about his life prior to his arrival in Dartmoor?
7. What does Holmes search for when he reaches the spot Baring-Gould marked as the last place Lady Howard's coach has been seen and why does he fail to find it?
8. Describe Russell's state when she arrives at Lew House and the reactions of Holmes and Baring-Gould to her appearance and attitude.
9. Why does a young man who relates Johnny Trelawny's sighting of the coach say Johnny left the moor and what does Russell believe to be the real reason Johnny left?
10. What are the tors and how are they named?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Holmes is asked by his brother to check into a nearby military testing operation. What is the role of the military testing in the overall story line? Does it initially appear that military testing is related to the case of the ghostly coach and the murder? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Holmes is considered a major character in this story. Describe Holmes as he is seen in this story. Is he presented in this story as you expected? Why or why not.
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