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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Russell say it's been since she's seen Holmes?
(a) Three weeks
(b) Three days
(c) Two months
(d) Almost a week

2. What does Russell say she did during her train ride to the moor?
(a) Talked to a young mother and child
(b) Read
(c) Studied the maps of the area
(d) Slept

3. What does Russell say the conversation revolves around as she's leaving the room?
(a) Josiah Gorton's death
(b) Lady Howard's coach
(c) The various stories of the hound
(d) Cricket

4. What is the talent Holmes says Russell has kept hidden from him?
(a) The ability to drink the locals under the table
(b) The ability to sing traditional ballads
(c) The ability to play the tin whistle
(d) The ability to dance an Irish jib

5. How does Ketteridge say he powers the lights at his home?
(a) Wind turbines and batteries
(b) Generators and batteries
(c) An electric line from town
(d) Water turbines and batteries

6. How does Holmes say he knows Lady Blythe-Patton?
(a) He found a necklace she'd lost
(b) She grew up near his childhood home
(c) She is Baring-Gould's daughter
(d) He met her on the moor many years earlier

7. Which of the following does Holmes not use when he's explaining Baring-Gould's identity to Russell upon their first meeting?
(a) Godfather
(b) Theologian
(c) friend
(d) Historian

8. What does the older lady at the farmhouse call Holmes?
(a) Mister
(b) Snoop Sherlock
(c) Sir
(d) Master

9. What was the original purpose of the pit near Baring-Gould's house?
(a) Garbage disposal
(b) A quarry
(c) A tin mine
(d) Water for the region

10. What do Holmes and Russell have to drink when they stop at the public house in chapter three?
(a) Lemonade
(b) Wine
(c) Water
(d) Beer

11. What does Russell say she's reminded of when she looks at the height of Dartmoor?
(a) A giant
(b) A fortress
(c) A mountain
(d) A mansion

12. Who does Holmes say has asked him to look into an unrelated matter while he's on the moor?
(a) Baring-Gould
(b) Scotland Yard
(c) Miss Baskerville
(d) His brother

13. Where does Ketteridge say he made his fortune?
(a) The drygoods business
(b) The stock market
(c) California goldfields
(d) Alaska goldfields

14. What is the secondary case Holmes is supposed to be working while he's in Dartmoor?
(a) Looking for a gold thief
(b) Looking for a fugitive from Scotland Yard
(c) Checking on a military weapon
(d) Searching for the source of rumors about war

15. What does Russell note about Mr. Ketteridge's hand?
(a) That it's very cold and soft
(b) That it's calloused
(c) That he's wearing several pieces of expensive jewelry
(d) That he's missing the tip of one finger

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the saint to whom Brentor Church is dedicated?

3. Which of the following is a clue Holmes adds to Russell's list of sightings of Lady Howard's coach and the dog?

4. What time do Holmes and Russell arrive back at Baring-Gould's house after the evening with Ketteridge?

5. What are the Dartmoor Stables?

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