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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 was Baring-Gould's mother's name?

2. How many of the people at the inn at the beginning of chapter eleven know who Russell is?

3. What does Baring-Gould say he'd dreamed of?

4. Who is with Ketteridge when Russell joins him after her bath?

5. What day of the week does Samuel see the hound?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Russell's dilemma when she gets back to Lew Trenchard after being at Baskerville Hall?

4. What are some of the things Holmes and Russell discover at Pethering's apartment?

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

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

7. 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?:

8. What does Inspector Fyfe say about Pethering's body?

9. What is the story Elizabeth Chase tells about young Samuel?

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

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

Describe the scheme hatched by Scheimann and Ketteridge including those subtleties that are not immediately evident. How do historical references to the novel, "The Hounds of Baskerville" play into the scheme?

Essay Topic 3

What are the backgrounds of Scheimann and Ketteridge? What do they present themselves as? What are their fates?

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