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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 does Russell hear when she wakes in the middle of the night?

2. What does Mrs. Elliott provide for Russell to drink when she returns to the house?

3. What does Ketteridge say was the most exciting moment of his life?

4. What's in the trunk of the car on the day Holmes and Russell take Baring-Gould onto the moor one last time?

5. Who brings Holmes the next telegram about Ketteridge and Schiemann?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story Ketteridge tells about being caught in a snow slide?

2. What does Ketteridge say about his ability to keep his cook and what is Russell's response?

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

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

5. What does Holmes believe to be the truth about Scheimann's disposal of Pethering's body and what is Russell's reaction?

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

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

8. What happens when Red shies soon after leaving Elizabeth Chase's house?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are Russell and Holmes related? Describe their relationship. Is their relationship traditional for the time and situation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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