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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 nationality of Ketteridge's cook?

2. What are the smells that greet Russell after her long bath on the morning after her return to Lew Trenchard?

3. What is Pethering's real name, according to a telegram that arrives just as Holmes and Russell are setting down to dinner?

4. What does Russell tell Holmes about the efforts to preserve the marks at the scene where Pethering's body was found?

5. What weapon is Russell carrying when she and Holmes go onto the moor in search of Ketteridge and Schiemann?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Ketteridge's mood when Russell goes downstairs after her bath and what does Russell note about his appearance?

10. What is the purpose of Ketteridge and Scheimann salting the moor with gold and what is the purpose of creating the illusion of Lady Howard's coach and the ghostly hound?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the use of telegrams over the course of the book. Include the information that arrives to and from Russell and Holmes in the story and the use of the technology during this time period overall.

Essay Topic 2

What is Russell's impressions of Baring-Gould? What seem to be his impressions of her? Why are the two at odds? What happens to change their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

While Russell is traveling the moor in search of clues, she learns that a woman wants to tell her about a hedgehog. What is Russell's reaction to that news? What is the significance of the hedgehog? What is the role of that clue in the story?

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