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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 through 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the farmer doing when Holmes and Russell reach the farmhouse after being caught in the fog?
(a) Milking a cow
(b) Having lunch
(c) Attempting to deliver a cow
(d) Taking a nap

2. What is the name given to the bizarre shaped rocks?
(a) Radonrocks
(b) Tors
(c) Rabbits
(d) Stonehenge

3. According to Baring-Gould, what did the young courting couple claim to be doing when they sighted Lady Howard's coach?
(a) Walking along a path
(b) Sitting on top of a wall
(c) Sitting in the loft of a barn
(d) Lying beside a wall

4. What makes Holmes believe they're close to a farmhouse when they're caught in the thick fog?
(a) He hears a dog barking
(b) He saw it before the fog rolled in
(c) He hears cows and chickens
(d) He remembers it from the map

5. Which of the following is a clue Holmes adds to Russell's list of sightings of Lady Howard's coach and the dog?
(a) The date the courting couple saw the dog
(b) The date the couple saw the coach from Gibbett Hill
(c) The date the granny heard the dog scratching at the door
(d) The date Josiah Gorton was killed

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that gets spilled on Russell during dinner?

2. Where does Russell spend the afternoon near the end of chapter nine?

3. What does Russell say the conversation revolves around as she's leaving the room?

4. What is the first thing Holmes does when he and Russell go inside the Drake farmhouse?

5. What is at the top of Gibbett Hill?

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